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toastyghost 
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Not wide enough for the special magic single seat that most hifi nerds like to design to? Keeping it off the walls is a good goal, no?
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Elliot Thompson
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Posted: 02 October 2018 at 1:15pm |
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As far as I have read, bouncing off the wall is not a huge problem for some will dampen their rooms. They also use very low powered amplifiers so volume is not a factor in their case. However they are very particular about the ear piercing sound that narrow dispersion horns project when they are sitting directly in front their speakers. So the end results of sitting in front of a narrow dispersion horn can be like one standing in front of a Trumpet Player.
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toastyghost
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Posted: 02 October 2018 at 2:37pm |
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That seems like an absolutely massive generalisation. The coverage pattern of a horn does not dictate it's overall sound, the design of the horn and the components plus tuning etc does.
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Elliot Thompson
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Posted: 02 October 2018 at 3:45pm |
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The average consumer gives generalisations. They are concerned with aesthetics and the end result. Best Regards, |
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toastyghost
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Posted: 02 October 2018 at 3:48pm |
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So we're leaping from 'hifi nerds' and 'audiophiles' to 'average consumer' to suit your point? |
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Elliot Thompson
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Posted: 02 October 2018 at 3:54pm |
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Define the difference amongst the three. Best Regards, |
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Posted: 02 October 2018 at 9:45pm |
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Erm. HiFi nerds and audiophiles are not the average consumer?
Was an easy one in honesty. |
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Posted: 02 October 2018 at 10:01pm |
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Indeed. Look at what the Japanese enthusiasts are doing with large format vinatge JBL comps and biradials. They have a preference for the tighter dispersion 2365 over the 2360. The point source from 500hz-12k or higher and the directional nature of a system using a big horn in the optimum listening position is very desirable. the sound has got to your ears before any reflection has had a chance to. |
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Posted: 03 October 2018 at 10:22am |
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I think that the main music listened to by the Japanese enthusiasts is jazz. Alot that I know prefere a single fostex or old school jbl. Something like a d130. I really do not get where they are coming from. Bass lacks and trebble is none existant. Balance. Remember also that they live in pretty small houses. Their listening rooms are not that big so narrow dispertion would not be an issue I guess. Also proberbly pretty low volume too. Speakers like the old Goodmans axiom, Richard Allen, Vitavox, JBL, Tannoy, Altec and Semans ect make big money here.
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I sold a pair of axioms and a pair of Goodmans trebax horns with attenuators last year, I thought they would be worth a few quid so put offers, a guy from Japan offered me a massive amount of money plus he would arrange freight from the UK, I excepted thinking it was a joke, the money was in my account the same day and a company that make freight boxes picked them up the next day to make foam lined wooden boxes to ship them In, the guy in Japan could not thank me enough
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Posted: 06 October 2018 at 1:05pm |
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told you so. they love this stuff. Get digging in the shed.
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