So, what did I hear?
The room was a large factory of sorts, if you ask me the sizes, I’m going to have to ask David too. I’ll just say these deliver a big controlled sound, and as I’d not encountered loaded horns before, I didn’t previously know that the horn itself controls how it loads the room.
David is a bass lover, he outright told me that, and they were not lacking in authentic sounding musical bass. After going over his design with him, and as he showed me where the speakers port and load into the horn (oh hell, I don’t know the technical jargon) I was shown that the cabinets weren’t entirely inert, he’d designed a baffle in the back port area, I would imagine acting like a passive driver configuration? Either way, the sound they produced was exciting, clear and still controlled well by the horn.
As far as a large room solution goes, these were obviously created to play large orchestral movements with authority, and to be fair, it was a workshop, without thousands invested in room treatment and it was more like a cathedral shaped open plan living room. And yet it sounded very good to me, with everything I played on them.
His German amplifier, the build may have been an ex-tank manufacturing plant, it was big and bold in keeping with the rest of his gear. He had a reel to reel player on the rack, if you want to know his reference.
If you have a largish room, and you need a quiet touristic place to take your wife as an excuse to go hear some extraordinary loaded horn speakers, this is a winner. You might just leave with your wallet a little lighter though, just saying. I have a small room, thankfully!
The room was a large factory of sorts, if you ask me the sizes, I’m going to have to ask David too. I’ll just say these deliver a big controlled sound, and as I’d not encountered loaded horns before, I didn’t previously know that the horn itself controls how it loads the room.
David is a bass lover, he outright told me that, and they were not lacking in authentic sounding musical bass. After going over his design with him, and as he showed me where the speakers port and load into the horn (oh hell, I don’t know the technical jargon) I was shown that the cabinets weren’t entirely inert, he’d designed a baffle in the back port area, I would imagine acting like a passive driver configuration? Either way, the sound they produced was exciting, clear and still controlled well by the horn.
As far as a large room solution goes, these were obviously created to play large orchestral movements with authority, and to be fair, it was a workshop, without thousands invested in room treatment and it was more like a cathedral shaped open plan living room. And yet it sounded very good to me, with everything I played on them.
His German amplifier, the build may have been an ex-tank manufacturing plant, it was big and bold in keeping with the rest of his gear. He had a reel to reel player on the rack, if you want to know his reference.
If you have a largish room, and you need a quiet touristic place to take your wife as an excuse to go hear some extraordinary loaded horn speakers, this is a winner. You might just leave with your wallet a little lighter though, just saying. I have a small room, thankfully!