Why horn speakers?

Hi guys, i understand that most horn speaker is design for low wattage tube amplifier. Hope to get a chance to hear these speaker.

What's the pros and cons campare to conventional speaker ?

Any brands recomendation for below 3k.

Thx..

This question asked many times over in 1 forum or another! Google & find many...... eg........

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/archive/index.php/t-73546.html


But you may rather meet up and talk horny tales and get a 1st hand listening experiences.........If interested I can even bring u to go listen to a lady audiophile using a not so horny Klipsch speakers. She uses really not so ordinary stuffs la.....300b parallel SET!!!! If this is't enuf, got power conditioning some more and room treatments!!!
You go with me, I'm sure she won't at u up!!!

Thought there are many horny speakers in the Klang valley......but maybe some keeping a really low profile............

Go to
http://diyparadise.com/web/

tubejunkie wrote:Hi guys, i understand that most horn speaker is design for low wattage tube amplifier. Hope to get a chance to hear these speaker.

What's the pros and cons campare to conventional speaker ?

Any brands recomendation for below 3k.

Thx..

horns have very high efficiency. But their dispersion/radiation pattern & distortion figures are inferior compared to line (ESLs, Planar, ribbons, etc) or concentric radial (aka normal dome tweeters) designs.

As with everything in hifi ... its always a compromise and up to the designer to choose what kind of technology to use in their designs, and the consumer to choose which technology to buy and put in their homes.

Hi mugenfoo,
What i gather so far is: there is to this date 3 main types of speaker design : 1)concentric radial 2) line 3) horn ?
Mind sharing more about the line & horn ? I recently was given nice treat by 2 friends to sessions with ESL (quad 57 & 63pro), must say it is what I gauge as the best so far in my experience in terms of transparency, detail, life like. Question:- how is the sound of Planar & Ribbon ? Also, how is horn compared say ESL ? Many brand of horn speakers too ? Sorry if too general, will take some time to surf too, if info from true experience will be much appreciated.
thanks in advance
Chamts

uncle_vic wrote:This question asked many times over in 1 forum or another! Google & find many...... eg........

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/archive/index.php/t-73546.html


But you may rather meet up and talk horny tales and get a 1st hand listening experiences.........If interested I can even bring u to go listen to a lady audiophile using a not so horny Klipsch speakers. She uses really not so ordinary stuffs la.....300b parallel SET!!!! If this is't enuf, got power conditioning some more and room treatments!!!
You go with me, I'm sure she won't at u up!!!

Thought there are many horny speakers in the Klang valley......but maybe some keeping a really low profile............

Hi Uncle Vic, wow ...good ! Please PM me the location and your contact. Hmm.. time wise..preferably on weekdays afternoon. Hear from you soon..

rdgs,
tubejunkie

chamts1 wrote:Hi mugenfoo,
What i gather so far is: there is to this date 3 main types of speaker design : 1)concentric radial 2) line 3) horn ?
Mind sharing more about the line & horn ? I recently was given nice treat by 2 friends to sessions with ESL (quad 57 & 63pro), must say it is what I gauge as the best so far in my experience in terms of transparency, detail, life like. Question:- how is the sound of Planar & Ribbon ? Also, how is horn compared say ESL ? Many brand of horn speakers too ? Sorry if too general, will take some time to surf too, if info from true experience will be much appreciated.
thanks in advance
Chamts

Horns: those P.A. loud hailers at election rallies.

Cones: the usual round tweeter that kids love to poke with their fingers.

Planar: Magneplanar.

Ribbon: MBL (looks like a lantern or some say "bomb"), Infinity IRS series, Apogee, ... etc etc.

Electrostatics: Quad ESL XXX (damn good lullaby machines.. yawn! ), Martin-Logan.


Google is your best friend.

Hi tubejunkie, uare fast man!!! Hah, hah, hah!!!! You were excited because of the klipsch speakers or the fact that it's a lady audiophile u will be meeting?!! Kekekeee!!!!

OK, let's take our little rendezous off list........u can pm me la...
so as not to take up too much bandwidth..........

uncle_vic wrote:Hi tubejunkie, uare fast man!!! Hah, hah, hah!!!! You were excited because of the klipsch speakers or the fact that it's a lady audiophile u will be meeting?!! Kekekeee!!!!

OK, let's take our little rendezous off list........u can pm me la...
so as not to take up too much bandwidth..........

haha..pls dun let my imagination run wild..hahaha but seriously I am kind of looking into horn speaker to pair with my system.. or some easy to drive speaker..will PM you..

best,
Tubejunkie

isnt horn speakers are expensive to buy?

azri wrote:isnt horn speakers are expensive to buy?

There are cheap horn type speakers, and there are expensive horn type speakers.

There are cheap dome type speakers, and there are expensive dome type speakers.

There are cheap planar type speakers, and there are expensive planar type speakers.

There are (not so) cheap electrostatic type speakers, and there are expensive electrostatic type speakers.

It is like attending an English class... hahahahahahhahaha....

can come Ipoh visit Dong Fong to listen horn speaker..the Avantgarde
http://dongfongaudio.blogspot.com/

If not mistaken, Audio Note Malaysia at Mont Kiara also carrying Avantgarde speakers.

there are also cheap hookers, vice versa

Hi. I agree you should seriouly consider horn speakers because even in low powered amp , they allow music to flow and breath easily,but make sure they are well designed.Unfortunately the good ones may be rather expensive. After you are done with the speakers,you can consider tweaking the audio note amp such as changing the coupling capacitor to AN silver cap,changing the driver tube to the rather inexpensive NOS clear top Shuguang 6n8p= 6sn7.it is a good sounding tube for vocal ,good isolation foots,Herbie's Hal O damper for the driver tubes etc These are some of the stages I have gone thru to achieve musical nirvana

hi solokharimau..would interested to know the level of musical nirvana. are you from Ipoh as well ? can pay you a visit ?

Hi Solokharimau,


I too like to meet up with people who has attained 'hifi nirvana'!!! It's a rarity!!!!! I would certainly like to listen to your setup if I could.

If can please pm me how u could reached. thxs in advance.

Could "audio nirvana" be a measurement of how deep is one's pocket ?

Yes mugenfoo! you are quite right.To me it is also a state of mind and it depend on YOUR level of contentment and your earnesty in pursuing it.Certainly related to your musical taste,knowledge,willingness to try to match and tweak,time spent on the hobby ,finances etc.Hi Wabun and vic,thanks for the enthusiasm,I will pm you when I am ready to invite you over. Cheers and journey on!!!

Hi Mugen foo,


It's more like how deep is one's thoughts! Some deep thoughts require plenty of molah to satisfy. Some deep thoughts could be accomplished by great minds. And some somewhere in between. Where is yours?

Hi Solokharimau, Yes it would be nice to meet up over a cuppa and talk hifi and expand our minds & thoughts in the furtherances of hifi pursuits and maybe occasionally gets aesthetic over our ambitions!


Btw I'm Kay El mari!

uncle_vic wrote:Hi Mugen foo,


It's more like how deep is one's thoughts! Some deep thoughts require plenty of molah to satisfy. Some deep thoughts could be accomplished by great minds. And some somewhere in between. Where is yours?

Ahhh.. but i should also add on .. for those who either do not have the "deep pockets" or have it, but are "unwilling" to splurge .... this all can also be more than compensated with "imagination, knowledge & experience". Well and fine.

But the issue of moolah cannot be ignored. Which brings tho the philosophical second point:


To know, experience & acknowledge "Audio Nirvana" is open to anyone with an open mind ( all sour-grapes type of people excluded of course).

But here's the punchline .... to OWN "audio Nirvana" .... now that's gonna cost you a pretty penny. (again, all sour-grapes and self-deceiving individuals excluded of course).

solokharimau wrote:Yes mugenfoo! you are quite right.To me it is also a state of mind and it depend on YOUR level of contentment and your earnesty in pursuing it.Certainly related to your musical taste,knowledge,willingness to try to match and tweak,time spent on the hobby ,finances etc.Hi Wabun and vic,thanks for the enthusiasm,I will pm you when I am ready to invite you over. Cheers and journey on!!!

Hmmm... Ipoh, solok harimau, .... you don't happen to stay near "Tiger Lane" or .. whats that new name they changed it to? Don't bother .. i don't want to know the new name.

(Down with MBI for destroying Ipoh's history & heritage).

Hi Mugen foo,


That's a good punchline, hah, hah!!!
"My hifi nirvana, ma!"......yes something like that.


Plenty of sour grapes around liao....we may get "clobbered" in forum!
May have plenty of reasons why they don't like a system......all usually well covered from all angles....leh.....no way to put up a fight with these people.....best leave them alone.........


Self deceiving individuals.......hmmm......seen many oledi lor.......also better to leave them alone....leh.........but most of the time they may not want to leave others alone......must go 'kacau' others......lor

but I have one fren using Isophon ( old german speaker ) with
Darling ( 0.75W ) single ended, DIY paradise DAC , Marantz CD63
and twisted pair telephone wire. this set sound much better (to me)
it mayb cost an interconnect for an hardcore audiophile

uncle_vic wrote:Hi Mugen foo,


That's a good punchline, hah, hah!!!
"My hifi nirvana, ma!"......yes something like that.


Plenty of sour grapes around liao....we may get "clobbered" in forum!
May have plenty of reasons why they don't like a system......all usually well covered from all angles....leh.....no way to put up a fight with these people.....best leave them alone.........


Self deceiving individuals.......hmmm......seen many oledi lor.......also better to leave them alone....leh.........but most of the time they may not want to leave others alone......must go 'kacau' others......lor

Uncle vic,
i dunno about you .. but this is all good fun + entertainment for me.


As for "kacau"ing and being "kacau"ed , if some people feel they are being victimised .. they are free to stay away. No one is forcing anyone to read/post/contribute/kacau in this forum right ?

OK .. so what was the topic of this thread again ? ... i got distracted for a while...

oh yes ... horn speakers .... some like them horny.

mugenfoo wrote:oh yes ... horn speakers .... some like them horny.

i had been listening to my horn klipsch speaker for many years but i don't feel horny at all. instead i felt someone here don't even have the money to buy one. that is the problem make him horny......

guys just don't bother what other said. just listen to your own ears what you like and intent to play with. pm me if anyone wish to know more about HORN speaker. you are all welcome.

alex_kff

Oooo... the "Horn" guru has spoken .... Bow down to his royal "horn-ness/Horni-ness/Horny-ness".

OK I am using horn speaker tannoy d700 with its established and horny dual concentric design. Anybody want to audition are welcome. Just PM me.

I agree, not all horn speaker sound "horny". Vintage horn sounds very good to my ear, ie: ALtec Lansing A5.

of course "horny" is not an expression for any kind of sound. Just a play on words. And Horny doesn't need to have any sexual connotations either.

If its a sonic description, maybe "Honky" could be one ... but then again, some people might think this would be referring to people from Hong Kong.

Anyway , i also have a set of Horn speakers that maybe 90% of the people here would have either not heard of it, or have forgotten about this brand already.

I could sit in front of the large klipsch speakers driven by 300b parallel SET for easily more than an hours of listening. I don't own such setup. But I could walk over from my house to this fren's (a lady audiophile) for a listen, sometimes I get invited too, especially to check out some irregularity in the sound which she encountered and can't place a finger on it.


On another note, the Tannoy, West ministers are good!

Always wondered what would happen if one partnered some horn speakers with say... a set of Gryphon Monoblocks.

"Audio Nirvana" or "Acoustic Armour Piercing rounds" (metaphorically, GAU-8/A Avenger comes to mind) ?

Anyone here happen to be driving horns with Macho beefcake amps ?

uncle_vic wrote:
On another note, the Tannoy, West ministers are good!

I think u meant Tannoy Westminster ...

mugenfoo wrote:
Anyway , i also have a set of Horn speakers that maybe 90% of the people here would have either not heard of it, or have forgotten about this brand already.

Apa brand tu??

come ipoh PM me..bring u listen to this..
Altec Lansing A5

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Re: Why horn speakers?


by wabun on Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:34 pm

but I have one fren using Isophon ( old german speaker ) with
Darling ( 0.75W ) single ended, DIY paradise DAC , Marantz CD63
and twisted pair telephone wire. this set sound much better (to me)
it mayb cost an interconnect for an hardcore audiophile

I have listened to this setup b4, in fact many times. It has a pretty flat audio spectrum, at least to my ears, this could account for the fact u find it so nice sounding. But individual requirements may be different among audiophiles. I'm sure many tube heads will agree with u. I've brought frens to go listen, though they like the sound, they still revered back to their own systems for the ultimate 'shiok' factor. So it's a preference actually. can't say they are wrong in not appreciating fine good sound or not able to recognise fine good sound when they come across one.


Why don't u review this setup in your blog? May interest many tube lovers here.

Hi uncle Vic / Wabun, I have not heard those vintage horn yet. Tried Loth X b4 pair wth A.N OTO amp..effortless vocal, great detail. But when high peak vocals came in.. it just 'deaf my ear' for a while..is kind of like someone shouting loud nxt to your ears..damn it..it hurts !! But some say, to get a good result you must not be pair wth ' aggressive amp ' e.g audio note type..bright sounding one.. how true is true dude??
So, for all those low power amp I mean 2 watts to 10 watts...what spk to match ??? S.O.S

best,
tubejunkie

One question - how well horn speaker is at high, low, mid and details?

The horn speakers I saw is actually a single driver. So kinda makes me wonder what about the performance mention above.