Horns: Why don't they image well?


Anyone have a theory?

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erik_squires
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It was a demo’d in Sydney by the Maggie importer at the time at a clients converted warehouse who used k-horn, amps used were bought along by Allen Wright (rip), which were heavily modded tube theatre mono block amps and bought my massive water cooled 150w Pure-Class-A S/S. there were 10 of us we all thought the same.
But the owner of the warehouse and the K-Horns (which came last in image and depth perception), bought the Tympani’s instead because they did fill/drive the massive room better than the narrower models could.

Cheers George

The best imaging I have ever heard from a well-off-centerline listening location was with the fully horn loaded ESD speakers at RMAF last weekend.  Very narrow-pattern horns (even the bass was horn loaded).  The center image was extremely solid and precise.  If blindfolded I would have sworn there was a center channel speaker of the same caliber as the left and right speakers. 

I didn't know ANYTHING could image like that. 

Duke

Thanks Duke. It's good to hear the opinion of someone who knows what he's talking about.