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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
macrojack OP
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Here's a testimonial for the Unity Horn when it was available through DIY channels:
http://www.cowanaudio.com/unity.html

Here's a source randomly chosen from a Google search:
http://www.musiciansbuy.com/YORKVILLE-U215-SPEAKER-CABINET.html

I urge all of you to do your own searches to learn more about this option. The pricing exposes high end audio for the rip off that it is.
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mapman
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"but an upgrade for most people in terms of sound."

In what way and based on what?

You are not just saying that because it uses a horn, are you?
macrojack OP
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Mapman - Dynamics and bass would be two obvious areas.

Before the masses go unhinged, please note the expression "upgrade for MOST people". I am not saying that everyone will find an upgrade here but I feel certain that few audiophiles have better bass than those four 15 inch woofers will provide and very few will match the dynamics of the Unity horn.
unsound
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Lets just say that I'm reserving my enthusiasm, after all it's another PA system.
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mapman
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Its an interesting horn design, but of course it is essentially only one driver to be built into a full range speaker system. Like most things, the results would depend on how well the whole end package is executed and the only way to know if it were truly an upgrade in the end would be to try a system that uses it and compare. Assuming 98db efficiency and a flat response along the lines indicated by the chart showing measured response of the custom built design in the reference provided, those are a good set of initial indicators, but of course do not assure anything.

I'm assuming the multi-driver design of this horn helps achieve higher efficiency? Other than that, I am not sure what the advantage of horn loading 4 midrange drivers rather than one would be? I am not a fan in general of systems that use multiple drivers to cover the same part of the frequency spectrum because I believe it is harder to do that well and costs are driven up.

An interesting and somewhat different design nonetheless and one that has apparently been built into some affordable end user systems, so that is good.
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