Horns with good timbre and tonality?

I’m looking into buying a pair of horns for my next speaker. I sold my Sonus Faber Elipsa SE. Looking for a more realistic, more lively sound. I’ve heard the Triangle Magellan and enjoyed the sound, but wonder if there is better.

I appreciate speed and dynamics with good timbre and tonality. I know horns are good with speed and dynamics, but not sure if they can do timbre and tonality like SF can.

Looking at German Blumenhofer FS1 / FS2, French Triangle magellan, Fleetwood deville, Avantgarde.

It will be paired with Mastersound 845 Evolution SET or Auris Fortissimo amp.

Room size 40 x 15 x 8 feet

Must realistically play Solo Piano, Cello and full scale symphony.

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ortodox Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 90 posts 10-23-2023 at 01:40pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I have heared Blumenhofer fs 2 . They sounds good but for me nothing special for that price. I have decided now for Zingali speakers Quantum array 3.8 I think , Zingali is better than Blumenhofer.
phusis Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,208 posts 10-23-2023 at 02:26pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @audiokinesis -- Thanks for your insights and pointing to actual mechanisms that to you are vital to achieve a more natural timbre. (addressed by you to the OP) You mentioned full scale symphony. The ability to convey the hall ambience on a good recording again goes back to getting the reflection field correct, as the in-room reflections are in effect the "carriers" for the reverberation tails on the recording. I can go into more detail about this if you’d like. I'm certainly all ears for an elaboration here.
ticat Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 359 posts 10-23-2023 at 03:17pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Coherent Audio Eighteen...
doyle3433 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 318 posts 10-23-2023 at 05:39pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Volti fan here! Razz or Rival's are simply awesome. I viewed a used pair of Vittora not to long ago, I cant recall if it was here on AG or USAM. If I had the dough I would have jumped on them. Unfortunately they are a bit out of my reach right now.
shkong78 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,485 posts 10-23-2023 at 06:41pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete https://youtu.be/7mqMA6atAZI https://youtu.be/vqHPbgA3NgA Altec A7 also could be good choice. If you do biamping using active crossover, it sounds like almost modern speaker. Thomas