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Horn speakers for vintage sound

I’m currently looking for budget horn speakers in university that are similar to GIP or western electric size is no issue since it will be in the living room my budget is 5 grand if even possible or might even try build GIP speakers 

 

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curlyhifi
157 posts
 

For Vintage sound and just all around great horn speakers... Great Plains Audio

version of the Altec 604's

curlyhifi
157 posts
 

For Vintage sound and just all around great horn speakers... Great Plains Audio

version of the Altec 604's

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cowan217
112 posts
 

Cornwalls and you're done, 4-5k used and they're great. 

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kellyp
104 posts
 

You will get vintage sound from horn speakers all right.  Useful for bass, correct exponentially derived horns are hard to get neutral.  The purpose as you know is to minimize diaphragm excursion so it stays in the linear range. On the flop side they are efficient, but not as good as quarter wave.  In the end, I find the sound fatiguing but you may like it.

clydeactor
27 posts
 

I have a Soundcraftsmen 2640TX coaxial speaker (with brass horn) housed in a vintage wood cabinet.  It sounds great with mono and 78 rpm recordings.  Found it at a Los Angeles thrift store for $6.00 in the furniture section.

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