Why not horns?

Duke your loudspeaker design is interesting and I'm sure very well thought out but the name darn your as bad as me picking them ;) Cloud chaser..I was thinking of pimping your bi pole design if I do will name it the DL BP after you. I started this when we chatted awhile back but didn't want to step on your toes. But read where you do not care if others use your idea. I have what I thought is a great idea for cabinet to allow better bipolar effects and image. So far results are very good. Might be able to break the $2500 price point with this design.

And so it goes ............

Has anyone taken the trouble to read the Bill Woods piece I recommended?

It's quite possible that some of you are well informed on the subject of horns but I have heard from no one so far who wouldn't benefit from Bill's expertise.

Calling me smug is powerful stuff but unlikely to move you any further along in your understanding of horn function and the distinctions that exist from one concept to the next.

I can never figure out when Duke or Ralph post responses to threads and always give clear and precise answers to the post some people seem to miss the points they are trying to make.

JohnK. there is no definitive definition of a horn, but your bass horn is a completely different beast than what most of us are discussing here,,,, a front loaded horn to increase efficiency.

Your back loaded horn derives a huge part of it's output directly from the 4 drivers mounted on the face of it with reinforcement from the back. That is a very different scenario from a front loaded bass horn that must be much, much longer to be efficient.

It's not that one is right and one is wrong, but they are different. Curious what the efficiency of your bass cabinet is?

Jack, I finally got the web page to come up. It is curious that we have Bill telling us how wonderful his horn is with no mention of an EQ and Duke saying they sound like a megaphone without proper EQ. I didn't go back and read the whole thread so I'm going from memory here so maybe I missed something but if the horn does require EQ to sound good you would think the seller would mention that.

"Calling me smug is powerful stuff but unlikely to move you any further along in your understanding of horn function and the distinctions that exist from one concept to the next." -Macrojack

If I really don't care about horns one way or the other. And if I don't really care because I have yet to hear one that I truly like. Why do I need to educate myself? I don't care that much about line arrays either. Do I need to also educate myself about them? I'm sure there is some professional out there who could show me all sorts of math as to why they are the bees knees. Perhaps my perception of "smug" was a little strong but it's what I perceived when confronted with the idea that I need to "educate" myself more because I don't "like" horns. They don't suit my taste visavis other designs. I've never said they were an invalid concept.