Horns: Why don't they image well?


Anyone have a theory?

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erik_squires
Lots of speakers don’t image well. Everything is relative. It’s not black and white. 🦓 Define image. The imaging is not dependent on speakers anyway, at least not entirely. Not by a long shot. Hel-loo!
Hey ozzy,

Are your Klipschorns stock or have you done any of the usual or unusual tweaks/upgrades?

@phusis wrote:  " but in any event I find singling out particular horn geometries as "the best" to be more of a marketing ploy to boost business than a marker of the diversity of great sounding horns out there."

My statement about the Oblate Spheroid profile was based on my understanding that it is the mathematical optimum for minimizing detrimental internal reflections within the horn.  There are other profiles optimized for other things - minimum phase, wavefront preservation, etc. 

Duke