Despite the ire this subject may cause, I do have a serious question. What is the reason horns sound hard and honky sometimes? I know many people like them a lot and swear by them, but for me, their colorations are not acceptable.
My experience is with a number of well-regarded horn speakers. I have owned Klipsch Cornwalls and Klipschorns, Altec Model 19s and have heard LaScalas and some very large ElectroVoice horn speakers. I have not heard Edgar Horns or any of the offerings o from Avantgarde. They are way too expensive for me anyway.
The ElectroVoice speakers are used in a record store I frequent. Whenever I walk in front of them, I nearly have to cover my ears--the sound they produce is pain-enducing, penetrating and hurts! I would not say they were laying at an excessive level.
The Klipsch models I have owned or heard were less penetrating and painful than the old EVs, but still produced very colored sound that was too forward and hard on many recordings.
The Altec Model 19s were the best-sounding horn speakers I have owned. They seemed to me far less hard and more natural-sounding than anything else I have heard.
One thing I do love about this type of speaker is the clarity they have at low volume. This can be quite striking in a pleasant way.
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Topic - Hard, honky horn speakers - George S. Roland 23:04:11 11/04/18 (58)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers - RGA 02:12:22 11/17/18 (1)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers - Wojciech 07:54:45 11/17/18 (0)
- I'd be happy to take those honky horns off your hands - Jay Buridan 13:50:42 11/13/18 (0)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers - Mr_Steady 04:34:11 11/12/18 (11)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers - Volti 14:39:52 11/18/18 (1)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers - Mr_Steady 17:22:11 11/18/18 (0)
- Re: Linked Thread - Inmate51 05:28:10 11/12/18 (8)
- Re: Linked Thread - Mr_Steady 11:57:11 11/12/18 (7)
- 'we' lost a Mars probe to that same boo-boo ;) - mhardy6647 06:51:07 11/13/18 (2)
- RE: 'we' lost a Mars probe to that same boo-boo ;) - Mr_Steady 17:04:46 11/13/18 (0)
- RE: 'we' lost a Mars probe to that same boo-boo ;) - Inmate51 09:48:16 11/13/18 (0)
- Re: Linked Thread - Inmate51 13:49:48 11/12/18 (3)
- Re: Linked Thread - Mr_Steady 18:22:03 11/12/18 (2)
- Re: Linked Thread - Inmate51 21:16:22 11/12/18 (1)
- Re: Linked Thread - Mr_Steady 17:02:30 11/13/18 (0)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers - Rpower 21:15:42 11/09/18 (0)
- RE: Everyone has different shaped ears - kitch29 18:55:30 11/09/18 (0)
- Altecs - Story 02:33:55 11/09/18 (0)
- bad horn geometry - Duke 20:10:12 11/08/18 (0)
- Some horns are better than others - Jack G 05:04:24 11/08/18 (8)
- RE: Some horns are better than others - George S. Roland 06:18:54 11/08/18 (6)
- RE: Some horns are better than others - RGA 01:51:06 11/17/18 (0)
- i think a lot of the trouble arises at the throat - mhardy6647 08:22:46 11/08/18 (4)
- RE: i think a lot of the trouble arises at the throat - Inmate51 09:53:15 11/08/18 (3)
- well, what I meant (all I meant) was that a long, constricted throat - mhardy6647 15:54:03 11/08/18 (2)
- Closer look at the Emilar - Michael V 08:48:21 11/11/18 (1)
- I shouldn't paraphrase Joe Roberts - mhardy6647 06:46:22 11/13/18 (0)
- RE: Some horns are better than others - BillH 05:15:14 11/08/18 (0)
- Which EV horn system? - merdy 12:51:54 11/07/18 (3)
- E-V Sentry III - Inmate51 05:09:28 11/08/18 (2)
- It would be really interesting... - mhardy6647 06:30:54 11/08/18 (1)
- RE: It would be really interesting... - Inmate51 03:28:19 11/15/18 (0)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers **TO THINE SOURCE BE TRUE** - Iain42 18:52:39 11/06/18 (9)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers **TO THINE SOURCE BE TRUE** - George S. Roland 06:57:53 11/13/18 (6)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers **TO THINE SOURCE BE TRUE** - Mr_Steady 17:23:17 11/13/18 (5)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers **TO THINE SOURCE BE TRUE** - George S. Roland 09:07:52 11/14/18 (4)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers **TO THINE SOURCE BE TRUE** - Mr_Steady 18:21:38 11/14/18 (1)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers **TO THINE SOURCE BE TRUE** - George S. Roland 09:24:32 11/15/18 (0)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers **TO THINE SOURCE BE TRUE** - Inmate51 09:52:03 11/14/18 (1)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers **TO THINE SOURCE BE TRUE** - George S. Roland 09:27:17 11/15/18 (0)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers **TO THINE SOURCE BE TRUE** - Wojciech 06:42:38 11/08/18 (0)
- Most cannot handle the truth... (Poor recording engineering)_nT - Cleantimestream 06:07:48 11/07/18 (0)
- Klipsch is not my favorite sound - Jay Buridan 09:32:05 11/06/18 (0)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers - Wojciech 08:48:10 11/06/18 (3)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers - George S. Roland 19:57:48 11/06/18 (2)
- Interestingly, I have similar expectations, but an inverse opinon - mhardy6647 04:05:23 11/07/18 (1)
- RE: Interestingly, I have similar expectations, but an inverse opinon - Wojciech 06:32:23 11/08/18 (0)
- It's a symptom of a bad horn.... - Rod M 17:40:58 11/05/18 (2)
- Yup. - Duke 20:20:58 11/08/18 (0)
- +1 with Rod on Edgar Horns - Jim D. 08:48:09 11/08/18 (0)
- Your findings pretty much square with mine - mhardy6647 16:45:56 11/05/18 (0)
- Easily addressed issue... - soldermizer 13:35:55 11/05/18 (0)
- RE: Hard, honky horn speakers - Paul Joppa 13:14:01 11/05/18 (1)
- the Altec 1505 - mhardy6647 17:13:33 11/05/18 (0)
- It's the Amplifer's Problem ................................ - Cut-Throat 07:43:45 11/05/18 (3)
- RE: It's the Amplifer's Problem ................................ - George S. Roland 21:49:32 11/05/18 (2)
- RE: It's the Amplifer's Problem ................................ - Cut-Throat 05:18:04 11/06/18 (1)
- RE: It's the Amplifer's Problem ................................ - FenderLover 08:00:35 11/06/18 (0)