The level of expertise in the comments made me write this explanation for the lone soul that came here to learn someting. 1. Horns are the way to go if you have a large room, over 50msq. They reduce distortion and improve directivity and sensitivity. 2. Horns don't need any room treatment at all... Maybe a little diffusion. They focus the sound forward. If you use the normal 25% room treatment as with regular speakers than the room will sound dead. 3. Horns are best used with DSP, because they may introduce linear distortion that requires fixing. But most importantly it is fixable, while nonlinear distortion isn't! 4. People still remember the old horns that had frequency response issues.Modern horns don't have that problem - see point 3.
Funny thing is that good speakers can actually sound better than a live performance because 99% of live performances are amplified on crappy PA systems in rooms with bad acoustics. Therefore most people dont even know what they're missing.
Crossover phase shift can be corrected by using the right horn lengths. If the bass lags 180 degrees behind the midrange, for example, the midrange horns can be made long enough to where it takes slightly longer for sound to travel from the driver to the end of the horn. That way, the mids are phase-shifted 180 degrees to match the phase position of the bass.
100k speakers, and they're positioned in front of a stone wall, with a window on one side, and no room treatment in sight (ok, a slight effort with the rug, but nothing that will have any decent level of effectiveness)
The comments here are a joke. People that are jealous because they cant afford a system like this haha. They never heard something that is even close to that system. They sit at home with their 120 bucks Logitech 2.1 system and think they figured out Hifi while listening to music with their Iphone and TH-cam Mp3 compression haha. But they also have 4 panels of acoustic foam from amazon and 3 egg boxes on their wall that changes their whole sound to an audiophile grade hahaha. U guys forgot to add youre clown noses after waking up today.
this comment makes no sense. Distortion or not, the sound overall gets enhanced a ton. Also the high end player filter a lot distortion out and they only buy the best vinyls available. U should go to an high end event and listen to a system like this once. U will never say something like this again.
The level of expertise in the comments made me write this explanation for the lone soul that came here to learn someting.
1. Horns are the way to go if you have a large room, over 50msq. They reduce distortion and improve directivity and sensitivity.
2. Horns don't need any room treatment at all... Maybe a little diffusion. They focus the sound forward. If you use the normal 25% room treatment as with regular speakers than the room will sound dead.
3. Horns are best used with DSP, because they may introduce linear distortion that requires fixing. But most importantly it is fixable, while nonlinear distortion isn't!
4. People still remember the old horns that had frequency response issues.Modern horns don't have that problem - see point 3.
Funny thing is that good speakers can actually sound better than a live performance because 99% of live performances are amplified on crappy PA systems in rooms with bad acoustics. Therefore most people dont even know what they're missing.
Tracrix horns ... i love it so much .. it's a beautiful experience
Avantgarde has an amazing product.
wonderful,
danke schoen
I have a pair of horns like these, but not sure if they were from them or not. I bought used ones, cheap though. Sound good with Lowther PM4A drivers.
3 way speakers are not accurate due to-xovers. That does not work unless you use digital x-overs. Not the case for this system.
this is due to the phase shift right.
So glad you're an expert.....#crickets
these are as accurate as you can imagine of.
Crossover phase shift can be corrected by using the right horn lengths. If the bass lags 180 degrees behind the midrange, for example, the midrange horns can be made long enough to where it takes slightly longer for sound to travel from the driver to the end of the horn. That way, the mids are phase-shifted 180 degrees to match the phase position of the bass.
The biggest model has no crossover for the midrange horn. So the midrange horn is basically full range.
100k speakers, and they're positioned in front of a stone wall, with a window on one side, and no room treatment in sight (ok, a slight effort with the rug, but nothing that will have any decent level of effectiveness)
Agree. I would spend some $ on room treatment before spend 100k on the wok for sure.
wow the worker only hearing portable radio
The comments here are a joke. People that are jealous because they cant afford a system like this haha. They never heard something that is even close to that system. They sit at home with their 120 bucks Logitech 2.1 system and think they figured out Hifi while listening to music with their Iphone and TH-cam Mp3 compression haha. But they also have 4 panels of acoustic foam from amazon and 3 egg boxes on their wall that changes their whole sound to an audiophile grade hahaha. U guys forgot to add youre clown noses after waking up today.
High end audiophile lunacy Im glad I got out of it when I did.
Spends a fortune on horns, plays vinyl records, which comes with all kinds of distortion ... Audiofools will be audiofools.
Feel better now?
this comment makes no sense. Distortion or not, the sound overall gets enhanced a ton. Also the high end player filter a lot distortion out and they only buy the best vinyls available. U should go to an high end event and listen to a system like this once. U will never say something like this again.
ridiculous, overpriced speakers, the buyer knows nothing about music and audio.
So glad you do, because without you we would be lost.
Laughable.
Horns ...what a joke .... Totally inaccurate sound. ..only good for filling large rooms with sound .... Not hi fidelity whatsoever