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Horn listeners - Do you have trouble listening to others?

Hi peeps,

I just had an interesting experience out of my home. I listened to 3 pairs of speakers:

McIntoshMagicoSome unknown theater speaker during Aquaman

And one characteristic followed me: strident / glare
No matter which system played I heard them get glaring at high volumes. Like distortion rose rapidly. I'm wondering if this is because I have become accustomed to high-quality AMT tweeters which are remarkably free of distortion or dynamic compression.

The reason I'm asking you horn peeps this is that dynamic range is one of the main selling points for horn speakers. Do you feel uncomfortable in the same ways?

If so, this is good evidence that we are hacking our brain when we listen. That we are learning to hear in certain ways based on the gear we listen to.

Best,
E
erik_squires

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schwartz36
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@ erik_squires
IMHO, this eally depends on the quality of the AMT and the implementation to me. This is what Golden Ear speakers sound like to me. My AMTs at home sound nothing like that. 

Can you give me a couple recommendations on ATM speakers to listen to?  I auditioned a pair of Golden Ear speakers several years ago and as a result have completely dismissed ATMs form consideration since then.
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