Why not horns?

Weseixas since you say you've heard owned or have had much experience with the worlds greatest loudspeakers. Could you let me know brands of horns that you feel represented the best examples that you took the time to demo? You state [my decision is based on hearing the best of the best,] So lets hear it what are the best of the best?

Gawdbless, I'm sorry, but, I don't understand the question.

06-27-10: Johnk
Weseixas since you say you've heard owned or have had much experience with the worlds greatest loudspeakers. Could you let me know brands of horns that you feel represented the best examples that you took the time to demo? You state [my decision is based on hearing the best of the best,] So lets hear it what are the best of the best?

WE:

Jadis Eurythmie ...
Acapella High vioncello...
Acapella Violon
Avantgarde Acoustic Uno
Avantgarde TRIO
KlipschHorn
Klipsch La Scala
Zingali 20 series 1.12
Tannoy Westminster
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Numerous Altecs,JBL's, and custom built one offs over the years ....

Why not horns?

Again , everyone has there own preference, Maybe if you like small wattage tube amplifiers, this is your gig, maybe the only gig, they do not work for me...

I find dipoles/hybrids done right to be much better than all other topologies..

Better tonally
Better imaging
Better dynamics

But i have also heard really good sounding presentation from monopoles, much better than i have heard from the horn setups i have been exposed to...

For the record and the uninitiated amongst us, I'm not a Big maggie fan, I find them to be OK - good speakers, not great,same as some of the horns on the list, so go ahead and use them for surfing........

LOL..

Regards,

06-27-10: Unsound
Gawdbless, I'm sorry, but, I don't understand the question.

We: Unsound you never will,It's a pointy head mystery.....

06-26-10: Learsfool
Unsound, you are definitely mistaken - many, if not most of the greatest symphonic recordings of the "golden age" were monitored with horns. To name the most famous example, the Mercury people most often used Altec A7's, driven by MacIntosh electronics. A great many orchestral musicians are of the opinion that horns come the closest to recreating the sound of a live orchestra. Electrostats come close as well, but do not have the dynamic range of horns in either extreme. I also agree with Atmasphere and Johnk that horns can image as well or better than any other type, something which indeed is very important for classical music.

We:
Hello Learsfool,
Could you give me the name of one of those horns, My requirements are :

1. Good dynamics
2. Images well
3. Sounds natural

I would love to give them a listen ............

Regards,