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RE: The Pros and Cons of Horn Speakers

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In Reply to: RE: The Pros and Cons of Horn Speakers posted by cawson@onetel.com on August 21, 2024 at 05:19:58

I do find it interesting that folks who find horns to be "unlistenable" because of (insert your choice of stereotypical "horn sound" complaint here) can go to a movie theater or concert and never notice that they are listening to horns. Oh, they may complain about the sound quality for various reasons, but never do their comments include those same "horn sound" complaints. So I guess there must be something about horn loudspeakers not being visible to the listener that negates all of the "horn sound" maladies.

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RE: The Pros and Cons of Horn Speakers - cawson@onetel.com 03:39:06 08/22/24 (0)
I think too many people still think of horns as:

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RE: The Pros and Cons of Horn Speakers - Bill Fitzmaurice 12:52:13 08/21/24 (0)
True. If you look at a speaker and think it will sound bad it will.
- http://seanolive.blogspot.com/2009/04/dishonesty-of-sighted- (Open in New Window)

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