To horn or not to horn

@mrdecibel so true, I have fond memories mixing sound on my stacked pair of LaScala in  medium size juke joints...small places could get by with one pair, the smallest I could use Community cabs packed w JBL components.... glad I gave that up, I can still hear :-)

https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/giant-custom-horn-systems-how-they-sound-and-issues-with-sonics.25071/

I would like to have a vintage big horn system in my home.

But it will be costly and time consuming to get the sound I want.

Thomas

@isochronism, I always had my own listening room, so the acceptance factor of a wife / live in gf, was never an issue. @tomic601 , you must think I have lost my hearing. I have always been careful ( might seem contradictory ), and although, my listening peaks exceed 100 db, on many occasions, and have for years, my hearing, does check well ( maybe surprising ). @shkong78. I have followed that horn thread on the WBF, as I am a member. Interesting to me, was the early trolling going on, by a few individuals. Never ceases to amaze me. And yes, some awesome, large and quite elaborate horn systems and designs. 

@mrdecibel not at all, the music between sets was 100 db peaks.... glad I gave up rock shows 4 ish nights a week... I had my hearing checked for work for years, while I am retired now - I am also keeping a weather eye on it...

Mr Decibel. The thing that I notice about horns is, one can just about measure how far the microphone is from the recorded object. Most music is "mixed" into a composit recording. Horns and even a good direct radiator system can delineate each track in that summed recording, different microphones used for each track. Somebody made the statement while listening to a horn system, "it sounds like I am in the throat of the singer". Probably a close miked vocal track?