Waveguide/Horns moving in

Posted by J. Phelan (A) on October 22, 2016 at 16:43:32

These seem to be taking over the U.S.-Canadian high-end speaker market.

Before 2000, we had 'word-of-mouth' brands - like Klipsch (Heritage) and Edgarhorn. But around 2000, Avantgarde became the first to get wide attention. Several audio writers bought their review model, at the time.

Not much after (and finally catching wind in the U.S.), was Tannoy. Their 'Churchill' got a big review in Stereophile in 1998. But other review sites followed, inc. Dagogo and PFO.

Starting in 2002, Amphion and SP Tech did really good, in reviews.

The designer of SP Tech, Bob Smith, went on to design speakers for NuForce and those were subsequently raved.

Sunny speakers did good with (3) Stereo Times writers who bought them.

Soundquest, Klipsch Palladium and Hersey's got reviewed - all to thumbs up.

YG speakers are waveguides (going up from 1.75 kHz). This covers a big part of the midrange, which goes to 3 kHz, IMO). A host of writers said A-plus - or went on to buy them.

ATC is heating up - as a few audio writers own them. And Devore Orangutans (2 models) are now found in writer's systems.

The most popular waveguide/horns are Emerald Physics.

But there's more. How many have Gedlee, Wavetouch, DC10, Volti, AudioKinesis or Oswald Mill ?

Horns have been popular in Japan forever - why did it take so long here ? Was 'coloration' or 'shouting' effects that bad ?

They must have been, because this type of speaker *really* has taken off...

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Topic - Waveguide/Horns moving in - J. Phelan 16:43:32 10/22/16 (19)

If the magazine honestly reviewed high-end Tannoy speakers - Jay Buridan 09:13:38 10/27/16 (0)

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