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
No proper horn is shouty. Cheap undersized poorly designed horns over a ported box can have issues since midrange is so much more efficient most compromised to make them smaller cheaper. A proper horn is fully front horn loaded to at least 100hz not many like this exist that audiophiles would buy so they opt for small poorly designed horns then go online saying that all horns shout or some such BS.
johnk,
The OP's new speaker is a back loaded horn with a full range river, right?
I never really considered this type of speaker "horns", but I guess they are in their own way. 
No proper horn is shouty.


i would have to disagree w this, based on my experience... i have had good well respected horn speakers, and also heard some very very tip top horn systems, and to me there is still noticeable horn/shouty coloration
i have had good well respected horn speakers, and also heard some very very tip top horn systems
Apparently not the tippy top yet, or something to that effect :)

Many systems can be shouty; this is caused by distortion. You don't need horns for that, just poor setup.


The mark of any good system is you can't tell how loud its playing. It should never sound 'loud'. To that end horns really don't have anything more or less to do with it except that its easier to do with horns since amplifier distortion plays an enormous role in making this work.