Why not horns?

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.

"Waveform Fidelity". Is that the name of an insurance company? A bank? Is it somebody else we have to bail out?

Or is it a meaningless term?

Damned if I know. Anyway the problem? seems to have been resolved to your satisfaction. So what other concerns keep you from being too optimistic? And what is it we should want you to be optimistic about? If horns aren't for you, that's fine. I certainly don't want you to feel any pressure to conform. If you're happy where you are, you are a rare and blessed audiophile. Most are overwhelmed by curiosity and driven to pursue some phantasmagorical absolute sound. If you have no such compulsion, don't apologize. You hold an enviable position in the audiophile hierarchy.
The question was "Why not horns?" and you have answered as completely as anyone. Perhaps I should have asked "Why Horns?" instead.