Why not horns?

Here's an explanation from Bill Woods about his conical horns and the advantages they provide.

http://www.acoustichorn.com/tech/conical/

Mapman - There is a quote I recall from AA. "Half measures availed us nothing". With that in mind I must say that a Klipsch Heresy, or any Klipsch for that matter, will be unable to show you what excellent horns can do.

I'm in western Colorado and Oswald's Mill is in north central Pennsylvania and lower Manhattan. Bill is in Hastings, Ontario. Chris Brady of Teres Turntables is in Broomfield, Co., near Boulder. I believe the Cogent guys are in the L.A. area. Perhaps you can travel to one of these places to hear what I'm talking about. If you are still reading after this long, you probably should go somewhere and get a listen. I know that Jonathan Weiss created quite a stir with these horns at the RMAF 2 years ago.

That reminds me. I still plan on experimenting with a prototype conical against the Edgarhorn tractrix. Bill gave me some dimensions to try but it has become just another bullet item on a long list of things to do.

would the old JBL L300 be considered horn type speakers. I owned those for about 10 yrs

Here's a spec sheet on your JBL L-300 Summit speakers:

http://www.lansingheritage.org/images/jbl/specs/home-speakers/1975-l300/page4.jpg

It had a mid-range horn covering from 800 Hz. to 8500 Hz.

Thanks, Macrojack.

In times past I misjudged your honest enthusiasm to have a commercial motivation, and gave you grief about it. I'm sorry about that. Nowadays I just enjoy your enthusiasm, especially when we agree!

Duke