Why not horns?

Horns are the best jump on a pair asap.

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?macrojack05-22-2010 9:08am

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Just experiened my 1st EVER horn in my system, 
Richard Gray, noted how i was suffering after spending $$$$$$$$ Upgrading My SEAS Thor MTM speakers, especially with  buying brand new Millennium MIDRANGE/Tweeters.
So he dug around in his stash room, and found a pair of early 1960's, Magnovox tweeter horns, with a  small alnico magnet. 
WOWWWW
UNREAL.
So i figured  we will need to finda  midrange horn, same era, early 1960's,. The choice was EV Wolverine and the Jensen midrange horn, same build as the Mgnovox, alnico, came out of the Jensen Tro ETTE 2 way 1960's speaker. The Jensen arrives  today.
I am excited.
I have the Mag tweet running with a  2.2 Mundorf Supreme Silver Oil, and this runs from ohh say 9k up, I will disconnect the new DavidLouis 4 incher **Full** range**( actually its a  high bass through upper midrange, highs roll off), and so my speaker will be
Dual W18E001 + Jensen Midhorn + Magnovox Tweeterhorn.
87db + ohh say 97ish db.
I am very confident the Jensen Mid horns will  easily shootout the 91db DavidLouis FR. 
Only have a  8.2 Mundorf EVO SGO cap, here, Richard will look around his shop for a 4uf and on Monday I can add the 4uf and bring the mid horn down to ohhh say, 1600, which is where my W18's come up to, 1600, have 2 Mundorf caps on the bass.
The Mundorf SESGO cap is the finest bass producing cap, Rock sold bass notes. 
Will post a  note after installing
Horns Rule

tpreaves2,633 posts05-22-2010 9:55am

it seems like a no-brainer that everyone would want this performance

.I find most horns too "in the face" for my likin

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I was very interested in the new 18 Sound horns, and such, weighing in at 8-15 lbs each.
Richard screamed at me,,**Those are for concerts, they'll rip your ears off***
He also suggested I avoid JBL's as they are too aggresive,
Especailly as he knows i like very near field listening, low volume.
, small room.
I have a  gut feeling the  Jensen purchase was a  good deal. These Jensen Mid horns are rare/hard to find. 
Paid $250/pair

unsound6,882 posts05-22-2010 11:01amI absolutely loathe horns!

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So lets have  this shootout
Seas Millennium tweeter, worlds finest mid tweeter.
vs a  high quality  early 1960's american made horn.
Horn will annihilate any /all dome tweeters.
db sens is what makes horns~~~ far~~~ superior to any tweeter from Seas and Scanspeak. 

bjpd57a196 posts05-22-2010 1:10pm


Properly set-up, the Horn speaker, is capable of uncanny

realism.


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I am a Horn Believer
And this conviction in what you claim is true, based ONLY from a  tweeter horn witha  2.2 Mundorf cap (set up right?? who knows)) the Magnovox Alnico which came out of the old console cabinets,,
This is the highs I've laways  wanted in my system. 
My guess is the early 60's american made horns will annihilate any dome tweeter from Seas and Scanspeaker, this due to horns higher sens at say,,97ishdb.
Whereas tweeters comming from Seas and scanspeak are below 91db, = Dinasaurs. 
Realism 
vs  
A faint echo.
Dome tweets leave so much music behind, 
Horns will give every tiny nuance = realism.