Why not horns?

I was wondering about some of the posts that mention time aligning of the horns;can anyone briefly explan this situation as I am not familiar in the setup of a horn based system.

"what do you mean by forward and laid back"

Laid back meaning the soundstage is mostly behind the plane of the speakers.

Forward meaning that the soundstage is not so much behind the plane of the speakers and some things may sound like they originate from locations that are in front of the plane of the speakers. In some lively rooms, due to reflections, sound might even sound like the origin is behind the listener to some extent.

I have heard both dynamic and planar designs have a quite forward sound in certain lively rooms, but not so much omnis. I expect horns might as well. granted, room acoustics play a big part in this.

Mapman, I thought it was obvious that I was questioning the midrange purity of horns. Horns are about as different as omnis as can possibly be. Based upon your love of omnis, (which I do appreciate), I can't help but feel that horns would be an anathema to you. I find horns to be the most colored of all the different speakers. I will say that they do do dynamics and loudness as well or better than just about all other speakers (though the Wilson's can give them a run). If one were to listen to nothing but big band music, I could understand one choosing horns, but despite literaly hundreds of demos, including some high touted and expensive rigs, I find horns to be a bad joke.

Unsound,

Yes I missed in reading first time that your reference was regarding horns.

You may be right. It would take a lot for me to live exclusively with horns I think, but I do find them intriguing, if not all that practical perhaps.

Luckily, I am blesed to have a house big enough to enable me to dabble when desired without having to say goodbye to what I have.

The bad news is my wife's sunroom is the room where I would most like to experiment with horns!

I've thought about it for a good while now but there are enough practical barriers to address that it has not happened, yet.

Someday I do predict there will be a set of horns in my house somewhere, even if it turns out to be just a nice looking old Victrola.

Devolution?