opinions on modern horn speakers

Jet, the beauty of Solo is in its active integration imo.

Duke ,I perfer the oris horn to the avantgarde duo or trio ,Beside the price diferance my DIY oris horns integrate way better than a trio and have less resonance problems .Avantgarde uses such weak steal in there frames the horns move arround quite a bit. Also the drivers are easly localizable .My dual oris 150 trihorn has time alined horns and bass towers. All drivers are as close to the acustic center as posible .They sound like a large electrostatic with huge dynamics and real musicality .When I changed over to horns I didnt want to lose what I like about planels.Theres a pic of my prototype trihorn on the BD designs web site show room first pic .Thxs for your reply

Jposs, my good friend owns rethems the first model forgot the model, has a 8in lowther pm3 think? nice speaker ,Full range drivers are a good place to start .But full range is not really true. You will have reduced highs and bass but what a glorious midrange .I have owned and build single driver speakers ,now most I use super tweeters with .And dual subs .I think on first listen this is why so many dis fullrange drivers .But they dont know what there missing out on .Musicality.Thxs for the reply

Jet, the reason why the solos sound bad on poor recordings is the solid state amplifiers used .Heard them .I have also experamented with solid state on sensitive speakers .Only works good for low frequincys .Most solid state is grainy and unforgiving also the pure soul of the music gets lost .Sensitve speakers and quality SET amps have a certain majic to them that you can not really experance unless you try it in your home .Home auditions are where you can really get the feel for the gear .Thxs for your reply

I go to lots of live concerts (chamber and full orchestra). My Avantgarde Duos most closely reproduce the experience. No audio system including surround sound ='s ive, but Avant garde based systems seem to be the best approximation I have heard. They are easy to locate and easy to drive. The only real downside is that they will let you hear the upstream components and software.