Why not horns?

Also, I'd like to see more info from other horn product gurus, makers and affectionados to add a bit more variety.

Not gonna' happen. Just go back and read this thread. Thirteen pages of very, very little value. (Sorry John, Duke, and Ralph.) From some of those gurus. . .

"It's the same old story, those who've heard/owned high quality horns praise them, those who haven't put them down. Not worth sorting through it IMO. "

"Humorous too, in that often the strength of an opinion seems inversely related to any first hand knowledge or experience of the subject."

"It would be a waste of time. Those who are already convinced that they hate horns won't be converted, those who know better don't need converting. "

Dan_ed, it might helpful if you put a user-name to those quotes.

'Thirteen pages of very, very little value. "

Well, for me, there is only so much can conclude about how something sounds by discussing it, even if in great technical detail.

You have to hear it. Unfortunately, a web site cannot provide any indication of what the stuff talked about really sounds like.

I learned a few things: some horn enthusiasts are interested in time coherence, some horn enthusiasts will use digital manipulation, some horn enthusiasts use high powered ss amps, many if not most of the horn enthusiasts on this thread use either custom or modified horns. While I'm not surprised that that would happen, I'm a bit surprised that it showed up in what I would imagine to be a small sampling.

Here's a link to a 6moons article about horns. If everybody who is still on board would read it, we might progress forward with a modicum of commonality. It's worth a try - and the article is very entertaining.

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/hornographic1/1.html