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Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty”

I am interested in a high efficiency horn with SET AMPS, in a 12 ft by 18 ft room. 9 ft ceiling .
I have narrowed my choices down to Charney audio Excalibur http://charneyaudio.com/the-companion-excalibur.html
and rethm maarga v2
https://www.google.com/amp/s/audiobacon.net/2019/04/18/rethm-maarga-v2-loudspeakers-listening-sessio...
would appreciate input from any one who has heard the above speakers or someone who has a similar system . 
listening choices are vocal music , no classical music.
Very rarely might want my system to play loud party music .(extremely rare ) does not have to play it like solid state system. Thanks in advance 


newtoncr
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ozzy62
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I have posted it before, but will again:

Horns belong on top of poles at high school football stadiums, period.

I challenge you to A/B your horns with any model of Magnepan speakers and see if you still want the horns. Listen especially to voices and "quiet" instruments.

If so, fine. If not, maybe you can move on from them.
 
Challenge accepted. I've owned 1.6 with highly modded xovers and 3.5r. As good as they were, I'll take a good horn anytime over either of them.
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antigrunge2
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@roxy54 

Duevel are omnis that use a horn conus for 360 degree sound dispersion. As such they are a hybrid. they at 94db efficiency also approach horn-like efficiency and have an easy load for SETs
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roxy54
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antigrunge2,
I owned Duevels for a short time, and I have never heard them described as horn. The drivers are not horn loaded. The pointed cone above the driver is only a means of dispersing its output. That's not a horn.  
antigrunge2
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If you check Duevel‘s own description of the Sirius on their website, you will see them decribe them as omni-horn speakers: the conus has amplification and dispersion effects, hence the horn designation. If you chose to rule them out as such, so be it.

I deem them relevant for this discussion for their horn like driving characteristics and they sure as hell don‘t ‘shout’
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