Why not horns?

I think Dan_ed is correct as the signal reproduced is a approxmation of the original,close but not exact.
As far as being able to hear a difference is probally based on how well the whole process performs and what the ear can detect.

Macrojack I was surprised to see the beating horns are getting on this thread;I have no experience with them but I do admit I have an interest when the time comes;it sounds like you have a excellant setup.

Watch out Ralph I think there could be a few daggers coming your way.

Ralph do you think a single driver speaker can do as good as
a full range ESL (like soundlab) or a dynamic speaker;it seems to be that it would not be able to because it is being asked to do to much especially during complex musicial passages.
I admit I have never heard a single driver system though.

I think the advice I was given by Ralph when I asked him if he prefers a horn system or electrostatic speaker when using his electronics and all else being equal fits 100% into this thread and his response was "it really depends on the speaker rather than the technology. Its the 'all else being equal' part that prevents an answer beyond that. Either one can be awesome or suck really bad." I some day do wish to explore a horn system and this thread has given me some of the understanding needed to do so.

Wow what responses;get out the bullet proof vests.

I was wondering about some of the posts that mention time aligning of the horns;can anyone briefly explan this situation as I am not familiar in the setup of a horn based system.

Herman thanks for the reply;something I never considered.

Has anyone ever listened to the Usher D-2 speakers;if so what were you impressions?

One dam good thread!!

Hey guys just give the wife a credit card with a reasonable set limit and a gps with all the malls programmed in the points of interest;that might work;this has been a pretty good thread for someone who never knew anything about horns such as myself.

I can never figure out when Duke or Ralph post responses to threads and always give clear and precise answers to the post some people seem to miss the points they are trying to make.

Macrojack for what's it's worth I have enjoyed this thread even know I have not listened to a horn system; I now know there will some extra effort to put a speaker system like this together and the result can be rewarding.