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. |
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? |
One needs to take a good bit of care in setup if using a massive horn in a smaller space but once done they can be an amazing performer. But what comes fairly easy for me since I've done so many may be harder for others. I would suggest if your not liking how your horn system sounds in the room its in I wouldn't just blame it on being too large for the space and may be look at other reasons why. |
