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RE: Yuichi A290, TAD TH-4001, Yamamoto F350, Crowe ES290: Horn in Your 2 or 3-way Speakers?

Posted by mnawaz3@aol.com (A) on October 1, 2024 at 20:55:07

In Reply to: Yuichi A290, TAD TH-4001, Yamamoto F350, Crowe ES290: Horn in Your 2 or 3-way Speakers? posted by cin5 on September 22, 2024 at 16:09:32:

hi there

sadly, there are not a lot of great horn systems. most are compromised. probably, because it takes too much money and time to put together a coherent, balanced horn system ---think 4-20 years and $70,000+. you need to have a healthy dose of don quixote in you to think of a horn system. have you read olsen's book on speaker design?

but if you need a horn system, you need one, have you checked out
"amazing horn system" on youtube. Joe often invites horn lovers to his place. he lives in brooklyn and occasionally posts here. he has great instincts and could help you. also on youtube, there are some good altec horn videos. the modern horn systems tend to be shrieky-shouty but worth hearing (search avanteguard, living voice, cessario). if you have a some money, worth going to munich hi fi show.

if you are willing to come out to NM, you are welcome to hear my horn systems. always a work in progress. but you can hear the potential of horns ... or as one astute commentator ( joe roberts?) famously said 'the promise of horns.

by the way, if you can go slumming with half-horn systems, some of the CAR (classic audio reproduction) speakers are very good and dare i say it, somewhat reasonably priced in the used market. at a lower level, jbl has some ok sensible offerings (eg, 4367, everest, k2) . considering both cost and musicality , the altec model 19 is hard to beat.

cheers
m

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