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When first purchased, I listening to them in a prepared showroom .They were in my price range and I liked  the sound. I didn't have hours to spend listening and comparing. And not all music made me yawn. I listen to mostly  rock and roll 60s to 70s and 80s  100pct CD's  I found that better quality recordings were amazing and ok ones  weren't. but that's not the point Trying to make your system sound better is what we do, part of the hobby. My earlier tread in the beginning of this post, lists my changes in equipment and where I am today. I'm very happy with my system BUT always looking to improve it 

 I find non damped horns unlistenable, particularly the metal / aluminum/ plastic type. Most wooden horns I have heard, do not have these issues.  Been damping for 55 years, and there is " a sound " to the ringing / vibration to most horns. My clients have always appreciated the " improvements ". Enjoy, MrD

Most of the horns I like don’t necessarily require additional damping, including those made of metal or resin or plastic.  I like these horns because they were made right from the start.  But, it doesn’t hurt to try damping if it is reversible.  

@larryi , I am extremely sensitive to these nasties I speak of. I am interested to learn about what you have heard, that were made right. My best, MrD.

I am a fan of the vast array of horns made by Yoshimura Laboratories (YL) when coupled to their compression drivers.  They made metal horns, wood horns and some kind of resin; the horns come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, including horns almost the size of Western Electric 15A horns.  But regardless of shape and size and configuration of the throat, they are consistently free of gross horn coloration—not nasal sounding nor shouty—and they sound smooth and relaxed (no sharp peaks).

I also like a number of Western Electric horns and compression drivers.  Some that sound good to me, like the 15A, are not very practical, but horns like the 32A, are nice sounding compact horns.  I also like Western Electric compression drivers and the currently manufactured replicas by G.I.P. Laboratories.

My own horns are Western Electric 12025 sectoral horns driven by Western Electric 713b drivers.  Those drivers are very hard to find in matched pairs.  My horns are metallic, but I have left them untreated.  They are relatively compact but they are very heavy and the thick metal does not ring much.