Why not horns?

JohnK, IME horns seem to have imaging issues, both in regard to specificity and scale.
I do agree, that mini-monitors though capable of good imaging, more often than not are guilty of degrading audio reproduction. On the other hand they offer the opportunity to offer music in spaces that might not other wise be able to accomodate wider range speakers. This might be especially true for those interested in surround sound/home theatre.

There seems to be an ignorance and artificial intelligence by some of the folks here. We are talking about recorded music here and the systems we acquire to bring us closer to the truth(what ever this truth is). We are all opinionated, but when when someone calls another an oxymoron(Unsound to me on another thread)it is time for me to walk away. Forums such as this are, imo, to reach out and share our experiences and maybe help one another achieve greater listening satisfaction. This is not what is going on here. So with this I say good bye. It has been my pleasure to share with some of you, and my disgust with others. MrD

Johnk - Roger that on the dispersion. My horns are 40 degree cones. Very controlled dispersion. Narrow is another word that works. But you are right about room interaction. That has never been a problem since I installed these about 1.5 years ago.

And your wave analogy was helpful. It's like the fans in the stadium doing a wave. The wave moves along without anyone changing seats.

Mrdecibel, Sorry for the confusion. That reference was a joke aimed at the title of that thread. It was not aimed at you, and I hope you can accept my apologies for unintentionally offending you.

06-25-10: Johnk

Large images are a result of recordings not loudspeaker design.

WE:
Agree on the first, disagree on the second, The recording sets the size and perspective of the instruments and vocals, but for eg. planers are notorious for having a big mouth sound, agree mini-monitors are on the other end of the spectrum vs planers..

06-25-10: Johnk
One thing your enjoying is the controlled dispersion of horns. This reduces room effects. Your also not moving air but exciting air molecules into motion just like a tidal wave the water from the event isn't traveling just the wave.

We:

Wow, Horns Excite molecules! Please pass the Bong John, sounds like good stuff

LOL...

06-25-10: Unsound:

JohnK, IME horns seem to have imaging issues, both in regard to specificity and scale.

WE:

Correcto mundo , as well as tonal balance.

Anyway no worries guys , it's audio , we can all enjoy what's available to us, Be it Horns , planers ESL, Ribbons dynamic , one woofer , 2 , Why i happen to have a beautiful Pr of nice shiny horns on my boat, You should see dem suckers move when i hit it , damn sure never heard any ribbon sound like that ...

yes sir !