In Reply to: Open baffle and front horn, sound differences posted by Inkasound on April 3, 2007 at 01:07:30:
I had experience with both: I changed from OB to Horns.which one will image better? Horns all the way, the best imaging I have ever heard was Avantgarde at RMAF...scary good.
which one is more natural? Horns if you mean by natural more acording to reality.
which one is more non fatiguing? Open bafle can be very relaxed but in order to get all the sounds from the source you need to pump up the volume, with horns you can listen at very low volume levels and miss nothing, no fatigue.
which one is more envolving? Sorry but Horns all the way, foot stomping clapping good.
which has better soundstage? Better sounstage and image better...horns.
which one interacts more with the room acoustics? Open baffle, you need a really big room to use open baffle and anything you put on your walls will change the sound. Horns are more direct radiation pattern with less interaction on the room, very small sweet spot on horns though, Soundstage in Open baffle is terrible IMHO...unless you have Genesis speakers in a huge room (they will give you the minimal measurements of the required room, Genesis 201 do sound great!).
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