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Why not horns?

I've owned a lot of speakers over the years but I have never experienced anything like the midrange reproduction from my horns. With a frequency response of 300 Hz. up to 14 Khz. from a single distortionless driver, it seems like a no-brainer that everyone would want this performance. Why don't you use horns?
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mapman
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Check these out:

GP Unicorns.

Uses a single full range horn loaded Walsh DDD drivers.
macrojack OP
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Mapman- I've been unable to determine where the horn is in this design and I can't really get my head around the concept of an omni horn.

Please explain.
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The cabinet is a rear loaded horn I believe. It is used to extend the low end output of the DDD driver I believe.

A Walsh driver, including the ddd, transmits sound through wave bending for higher frequencies and operates pistonically for low frequencies, which is where the horn is applied much like it would be in any rear horn loaded design I believe.
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"I believe" indicates that you are guessing. I don't know enough about the intricacies of speaker design to evaluate your speculation.
Maybe someone else can explain how it works. Anybody?
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Mapman - My curiosity got the best of me so I checked out the GP website. The Unicorn does look fascinating. The efficiency is strangely low for a horn system and the power handling modest but I'm sure anything from that company has merit. Alas, I can't afford them.
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