I need advice on Lowthers

I have wavelength Napoleon's driving lamhorns with REP drivers. The rep's do not have the Lowther peak. I am sensitive to bright so to me the Lowther peak is annoying. The Lamhorn is just an excellent cabinet with Lowthers. The best I have heard. I use a pair of audio physic Luna subs which blend in very well. I tried Rel and for whatever reason they do not work. Front end is Vecteur transport with Audio Note DAC sig 4. Audio Note M3 pre. If you value music and emotion this is one of the best systems I have ever heard.

Thanks for the input. I think, in the not to distant future, I will have to try the Lowthers or Lamhorns.

You owe it to yourself to give them a listen. The newest Lowthers have been redesigned to tame the midrange peak. For details go to

http://www.lowther-america.com

I have an MBL sub that blends very well with Lowthers in a Lamhorn cabinet. I would suppose there are others.

The only horns I have ever heard were Klipsch. The conditions were not very good and I did not like what I heard. They sounded like....well, horns, loud horns.

But I find Hedlund Horns to be one of the most attractive speakers I have ever seen. I have always thought about trying horns done right.

But my big question! Can they produce good imaging. Imaging is essential to me and the Klipsch were totally directional. No imaging at all, everything came right out of these two big HORNS.

I like the idea of a single driver without crossover components. Bass is nice, but not as important as detail and a glorious midrange....along with imaging! I want my speakers to disappear and produce a realistic soundstage.

Could some of you guys address these issues.

Doc: If you plan on hanging onto the 3A's and budget is a consideration the Voight Pipes (as TWL mentions) might be a fun project (we discussed these off forum). I will probably use Fostex speakers due to budget. I realize that they (the pipes) are not the best, but they are very attractive/unusual and good results are being had by those who like to experiment a bit with the original design. I had first thought of using a single (flat board) baffle with a Lowther "type" speaker but upon looking @ this design figure that they are easy enough to build, if I have the lumber yard make the cuts for me. Here is a website that will give you some insight into this design (it is also the Single Driver Website, or one of them anyway). My main speakers are a pair of Reynaud Twins (which I will be keeping) and these will just be for a different sound.

http://melhuish.org/audio/diy12.htm

I have yet to hear the "modern" Lowthers, just the vintage ones which were too bright for me. The new models look to be very interesting and have addressed this problem per the ad copy.