Quote Originally Posted by StevenSurprenant View Post
Horns are mainly used in theaters because they take less power to run and they get loud. It's a compromise of quantity over quality.
They provided the necessary solution for when amplifier power was measured in single digits. As for quality, there is one brand which takes a very different approach from the rest of the crowd. While they are multi-way, all drivers radiate from a common mouth which provides consistent and controlled directivity across the frequency spectrum. Such is not found in traditional designs where each driver does its own thing and coherence is compromised. Like the professional Sound Lab speakers, they are designed to be used in arrays to widen the horizontal and vertical coverage. That company is Danley Sound Labs where the founder and chief designer is also a fan of full range electrostats since they also exhibit controlled frequency independent directivity.

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