Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy?

johnk,

Thank you for the very good list of current horn speaker/driver manufacturers.  I recently got to hear a system built with new G.I.P Laboratories drivers and they should be on your list.  The system I heard had an 18" field coil woofer in an open baffle arrangement, a WE 555 replica midrange compression driver (the horn was a copy of a YL wooden horn) and a replica WE 597 tweeter.  The three field coil drivers were powered by a newly built tungar power supply.  This is a fantastic sounding system.  What was surprising to me is how good the 597 replica tweeter sounded (I did not expect the tweeter to make that much of a difference).  I am looking into this tweeter for my system, and maybe, the 555 compression driver (I currently run WE 713b for the midrange).

In answer to the original question:

Perhaps because there are some trolls who seem to try and use these threads as bait to trap those who don"t share their love of horns:

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/why-not-horns?highlight=horns

^I seem to recall that some other posts that might have been edited out.

And, on this thread:

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Been here.

Done this.

No thanks.

To those that like them; rest assured, knowing that you won't have to worry about outbidding me on the next set of desirable to you horns  appearing on auction, or waiting for my custom pair to be completed before they can start on yours.