What traditional dynamic speakers deliver a sonic signature similar to a horn speaker?

Zu Audio, ALL, Omen Defs are 101dbB@1watt, sound great. +1 Tannoy.

If you like the horn sound, why not just get horns? Too big for the room (or the little lady ;-) ?

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ebm8,106 posts07-02-2021 9:09pmNone

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Yep, Horns and tradition box xovers, are completely totally opposites. 
Nothing simliar. to a  horn. 
A horn is a horn. A wide band is a wide band and  traditional xover design also has its unique character. 
All  voice differently. 
Yet wide and and horns are sort of cousins. 

Horn-based systems are the best at delivering the goods at low volume levels (which explains why they are popular with apartment dwelling Japanese audiophiles even though they take up a lot of valuable space).  But, really good horn systems are very expensive.  Some, which I find to be a bit more troubled by ‘megaphone” coloration, like Klipsch Cornwalls, are not that pricey and are worth checking out.

I also like some systems using wide-range cone drivers in quarterwave back-loaded horn cabinets, such as Charney Audio speakers and certain Voxativ speakers (like the Ampeggio) and Rethm speaker (back loaded horns with self-powered subwoofers) are also quite dynamic at lower volume levels.
More conventional speakers that are good at modest levels include Audio Note speakers and some ProAc models.