Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy?

 I design loudspeakers not just horns. I also collect restore manufacturer loudspeakers not just horn based. I do have a nice pair of Dynaudios I pulled out of my loudspeaker collection and just finished listening to for a few days in my main system. They have strengths one is imaging but imaging is thin airy on my horn systems image seems more solid and real but with a wee bit less detail.                                                                           The Dynaudios emphasize issues on recordings  and are very selective at what sounds great on them the horns just churn out near real sounding music no matter what genre emphasizing the humanity and soul of music. Still the Dynaudios are about 1-75th the weight of my main horns and that they are enjoyable at all and at that size is a bit amazing.Why I keep them.  I have owned heard designed many dynamics and Dynaudio drivers  are not as fatiguing as lesser types but after horns they do sound more like a music box less like a orchestra.

Hopefully if this thread continues there will not be any trolling, just satisfied and happy horn owners. However, maybe a new thread with a different title, saying something like " To all horn owners ". Enjoy ! MrD.

The issue of whether horn systems deliver proper "imaging" depends, in part, on what one considers important in that department.  Most horn systems are physically large, and like a lot of other large speakers, they deliver a "big" sound.  The sound seems to fill up a large volume of space and envelop the listener.  I like this quality a lot.  When one listens to tiny speakers, even when they play quite loudly, one can sense that the sound is coming from a small source and it does not seem to have realistic scale. 

@kosst_amojan,

Congrats on your Focal Aria 936s. You own the best speakers ever made anywhere. They absolutely trounce every other speaker in every imaginable way.

There ya go, hope that helps you sleep better.