Why not horns?

Good Gawd Herman!!!

Sit back, take a breather and learn something!!

First of all, Voltage X Current = Power (Watts)
This is basic basic stuff. If you double the current you double the power!

And what I said about distortion is also true. I mean seriously, your most recent post calls into question your very ability to remotely discuss these things.

In all seriousness. Go ask a Electrical Engineer. You'll find that everything I've said about this stuff so far is true.

I don't mean to be crass, but Sheesh!

"Now if you told me that 6 would distort less because each is working 1/6 as much therefore distorting much less"

YES!!!! That is EXACTLY what I am saying!!! (Among other things)

What are YOU reading???

"Those of you making categorical pronouncements about the limitations of horns - all horns - demonstrate the greatest need for education."

I always love the smug responses.
I'm not sure who you are calling out here. But everything I've ever said is based off of extensive and first hand experience. I'm not and never have claimed that it's impossible to create something from a horn. But to date I have yet to hear one that truly impressed me overall.
I'm not out there trying to design one therefor I really see no reason why I would need more education on the matter.
When I hear one I like it will change things.

You then went on to explain it in , well, a simpler term , coming to the same conclusion that you originally denounced.

LOL...

I did not denounce his conclusion. I denounced his reason. I said something complete different LOL !!

Prez, I read exactly what you wrote. You said "6 different ones will average out their non-linearities. ."

That statement is false. Nothing averages. To average something you must add up each one and divide by the total. They produce less because they aren't driven as hard. Each one produces much less so the TOTAL is less. That is in no way, shape or form an average. That may be what you meant but that is not what you said. I'm sorry but I am not a mind reader.

Good GAWD !!

There is a lot I don't know about electronics but after teaching it for 10 years I do have pretty good grasp on the basics. Since you want to be condescending let me explain it to you in the simplest of terms.

To produce 75 watts into 8 ohms an amp must have rails of about plus/minus 34 volts. That give you peaks of 34 volts which is 25 Vrms. Square that and divide by 8 oms and you get 75 watts. P = V squared divided by R.

When you put things in parallel the voltage stays the same.

If you put 2 amps with 34V rails in parallel you get an amp with 34V rails.

Same volts = same watts.

You are correct that V x I= P.
Also V divided by R = I
With the same R and the same V you get the same I
With the same I and the same V you get the same P

He didn't change the speakers so the R stayed the same.
Sill got 34V peak amplifiers so that stayed the same.
Same V same R same I same power.

Care to retract your admonition to "Sit back, take a breather and learn something!!"

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If you take 6 different drivers, unless they have perfectly linear transfer functions, they will all have slightly different responses. If they all have the same input signal their responses should smooth to a more linear response.
It may be to small to be audible which is why I stated that it MAY be argued to be better. But it doesn't change the fact that these differing nonlinear transfer functions should become more linear as a whole.
The reduction in distortions, which is what Weseixas picked up on, should have been a little more obvious.