In Reply to: RE: Awaiting new Klipsch La Scala AL6 with active DSP crossover posted by claudej1@aol.com on September 26, 2024 at 09:24:21:
Winston Churchill reportedly said, "you can depend on Americans doing the right thing after they try everything else first." That is pretty much how I arrived at my opinion that horn speakers are the best. I owned sealed speakers, ported boxes, aperiodic speakers, Magneplanars, electrostatics and even omnis if you count Bose 901s as Omnis. I was never satisfied even though some of these speakers did some things right. Then twenty years ago I designed and built my DIY, triamplified , DSP controlled horn speakers. I have never looked back.
Much of the drama and excitement in music is provided by micro and macro dynamics. Nothing does dynamics like good horns. Also horns have very low distortion and can have good frequency response free of coloration if properly regulated.
If anyone is interested my horns comprise Bill Fitzmaurice designed HT Tuba horn woofers, Oris 150 horns driven by AER BD3 drivers and Fostex t900a bullet tweeters. My preamp/DSP is a DEQX Pre 8.
The only possible downside is that they are somewhat large. Some try to diminish the size by combining horn mids and highs with sealed or ported box woofers. In my opinion that combination blends like coffee and spoiled milk. Nothing blends as seamlessly and musically correctly with horn speakers as other horn speakers.
I dream of an America where a chicken can cross the road without having it's motives questioned.
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- RE: Awaiting new Klipsch La Scala AL6 with active DSP crossover - Don Reid 06:32:39 09/29/24 (10)
- RE: Awaiting new Klipsch La Scala AL6 with active DSP crossover - claudej1@aol.com 07:52:41 09/29/24 (9)
- Would you care - E-Stat 08:24:24 10/25/24 (6)
- RE: Would you care - claudej1@aol.com 14:57:41 10/25/24 (5)
- So - E-Stat 16:57:52 10/25/24 (4)
- RE: So - claudej1@aol.com 17:24:26 10/25/24 (3)
- If you recall - E-Stat 17:47:05 10/25/24 (2)
- RE: If you recall - claudej1@aol.com 06:18:14 10/26/24 (1)
- Thanks! -nt - E-Stat 07:03:42 10/26/24 (0)
- I have always wondered how Edgar Titan II's would sound with good DSP - Jon L 09:54:14 09/29/24 (1)
- RE: I have always wondered how Edgar Titan II's would sound with good DSP - claudej1@aol.com 11:46:29 09/29/24 (0)