Why not horns?

Unsound, what do you mean by 'waveform integrity'? Is this in the circuit of the speaker or is this the output, etc and how does this relate to phase angle, if it does?

I'm pretty sure that Duke is trying to get the best fidelity out of his speakers and I have not seen that phrase used before, so I want to be clear about what you mean by it. TIA

Atmasphere, time and phase coherence, or as Duke refers to: "waveform fidelity".

Well I can't be the judge of that- I have no idea what the waveform looks like once its in the air. But compared to a pile of speakers that are supposed to be pretty good at that sort of thing I don't find good horns to be lacking.

I find bad horns to suck and not under consideration for HiFi. I don't blame you for not liking horns. I think I mentioned before that they had to win me over, and to this day when I see horns I'm not familiar with I tend to be skeptical.

IOW, Like everything else in high end, its all in the execution.

One dam good thread!!

Atmasphere, until recently I didn't think that horns could possibly be capable of waveform fidelity. I am very happy to read, that it is now being addressed. Still, there are other concerns that keep me from being too optimistic.