Why not horns?

Danley is very innovative and according to the few people I've talked to who know his work is in a class by himself. His speakers are said to sound very good and his tapped horns and Unity drive are changing things quickly. The main reasons to hesitate buying his speakers have to do with size/scale and cosmetics. They are not compact and they are not offered in wood veneer. They are well engineered, innovative and inexpensive however.

2 X 15" woofers and +/- 3 db 45 Hz, I'm not impressed. The 4 Ohm load might not be too appealing to many horn enthusiasts either.

" The 4 Ohm load might not be too appealing to many horn enthusiasts either."

That would probably work against using most tube amps home audio enthusiasts often look to for use with high efficiency speakers.

Could see it fit easily for pro use where SS is the norm.

Also I suppose the 4 driver approach would enable higher volumes with less distortion/breakup, which would be beneficial to pro applications in particular where good sound at high volume is needed in larger rooms using not many watts. Those watts would probably be SS state though.

Gotta keep in mind that pro audio requirements are different than home audio. I'm sure the speakers would sound at least OK in smaller quarters aat most volumes one would attempt, but the strength of the design would seem to be more in the pro applications as described.

Same old story -- experts emerge with judgements concerning the probability ( in their expert opinion) that the speaker they see on paper cannot sound good. They have doubts. Never mind that it is a widely applauded, eagerly received triumph of design by the acknowledged foremost expert of horn design, an innovator who has successfully challenged the preconceived limits of horn design and left them laughing and patting him on the back. Why should they trust that? Well, they shouldn't. But they might, for once, look into the matter before speaking. You know, have some knowledge, if not first hand, at least info from reliable sources. Or any sources for that matter. Or anything stronger than a self-congratulatory guess.

I haven't heard these. In fact, I never heard my horns before I bought them. I read sources that I felt I could trust and took a leap of faith. Certainly I don't imagine or expect anyone else to do that. But just as you shouldn't go off half cocked and buy something without investigation, you should keep your uninformed opinions where they belong - in your imagination - until you have something with which to form them.

Google is your friend. If you care to look, you will find the experiences and opinions of those who have actually heard these speakers. See what they have to say. Maybe their actual experience may contradict your interpretation of the spec sheet and maybe they'll agree. Maybe you should find out. Or maybe you don't care. In that case it would be reasonable to ask why you issued those observations. Were you trying to be helpful?