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?
macrojack
Well, alrighty then. Would anyone like a biscuit with their tea? I found the weather a little disagreeable this morning.
Unsound please name the horns you've owned heard etc that are honky, screechy, shouty, have a cupped coloration
Unsound - You have shared some very certain opinions. I think you are being asked for specifics as to how you came to form these opinions. Certainly you aren't just making this up. Where, when and which horns sounded so bad that you would condemn them all generically? Was it the PA system in your grammar school? The announcer at a sports event? Some home made affair at a rock show? Was it Klipsch, JBL, Altec, EV, Cerwin Vega, Avant Garde or some other audiophile product? Keep sharing. At least a few of us wonder as to what could have scarred you thusly. The damage seems profound and you appear to feel it is irreversible. It might be a healing experience to get the matter off your chest by talking it through at long last. We're here for you.
I couldn't possibly remember them all, there didn't seem to be any reason to. I've heard just about all the Klipschs, some JBL's, some Altecs, most of the Avante Gardes, the KARS, etc.,etc.. The absolute worst and perhaps funniest were being demonstrated at a show, were horns that used used actual tuba bells. I still shake my head when I think of those.