Horns: Why don't they image well?

Mr. D,

You are right. No series iii that I can find. They looked new and I asked the guy in the room if they were the latest series and he said yes.   So if there is a new series in the works maybe these were them, not sure now.

Maybe someone else who was at the show knows for sure.

@kosst_amojan
Horns have to get pretty enormous to really play bass.

My speakers play a compromise on that- they use TAD 1602s (15", free air resonance at 22Hz, 97 db 1 watt 1 meter). They are set up with two woofers per cabinet. No problem playing flat to 20Hz. But the rest of the system is horn based. I've often wondered what a system like this could sound like if a Lowther or the like was employed using the same 500Hz crossover frequency.  But it images great (which doesn't come from a woofer anyway) so its been more of a thought exercise than anything else.

Wait...can we get back to my pizza question? I get frustrated when questions are ignored...

I’m willing to sacrifice a tad of dynamics for better imaging. I can totally understand how somebody would reverse those priorities and deem horns virtually perfect.

That’s not just the only problem, then there’s the "horn" (gain coloration) to contend with as well, not to be confused with the far shallower wave guides ( pattern control ) as some will try to bring into it.

Cheers George