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
Thanks, Macrojack. Since posting the link, I have "met" one of that paper's authors in another online forum (he and I are disagreeing about something... surprise surprise!).

I don't have any experience with either the K-2 or Everest, but I'm sure they're awesome.

The original Everest, circa 1985, used an asymmetrical horn to achieve the desired toe-in angle without having to actually toe the speakers inward:

Original JBL Everest

I borrowed the concept; one of my models uses asymmetrical enclosures to achieve the same end, but with a conventional symmetrical horn.

Duke
Duke - It appears from photos of the K-2 that Usher made a copy of it at one point. Is the Usher as good? Or better?
Macrojack, I will correct one of your posts regarding my past visitations of the OMA site.

I will only say that my "time" visiting with OMA was very short, very educational, and very eye-opening.

To say that I would not let my dog lift his leg on the side of the OMA barn would be a gross understatement.

Hope this makes my position clear. Nothing against Acoustic Horns.