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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 Wojciech on August 25, 2024 at 19:45:01

> Pros - it's the best speaker topogy ever conceived
Not true in my view. The room acoustics and design are the most important factors when choosing a speaker type. In my room, omnis should be best, though I stick with horns as their imaging is so much better. ELS speakers don't suit my room because there is no wall behind them, but they will suit other rooms as well or better than horns.
> Cons - it mostly attracts the worse most infantile spectrum of audio guns
Certainly there are a lot of horn haters, but they have probably never encountered a well designed system that is properly set up. I had always passed by horn demo rooms at audio shows because of the ugly (JBL, Klipsch, etc) or zany (Avantgarde, hORNS, etc) looks, but I was convinced to try Avantgarde speakers following the 2000 Uno review in Stereophile. This excellent and thorough review described EXACTLY what I was looking for in a loudspeaker.
Anyone unaware of the lifelike sounds that high quality horn speakers can deliver should read this review - or just skip to Conclusions on Page 5.
Stereophile's 2000 AG Uno Review (Open in New Window)

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