Change to Horns or stay Dynamic

I went from electrostats to omni-directionals.
Your speakers look very cool.
I also like the idea of building a house around horns like they do in Japan.

darren

for more on horns, see
http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=32

anyone have any thoughts on how a horn would do in a small (15*11) room, w horns on 15' wall?

best

Exlibris-

None of the amps you've tried or mention can generate the
2.2kW peaks your speakers are capable of handling.

The Spectron Musician III SE Mk. 2 monos can deliver 7000 watts (and hold it for 500 msec).

But like you say, "the problem isn't amplification, it’s the drivers."

It must be very disappointing to spend over $40K on speakers and find out their drivers come up short of the volume levels you want.

Good luck with your search for new speakers.

Thanks exlibris. There are a few places in Japan with ridiculously large horn systems. I would love to visit a place like those on the ACA page but have no idea if any are open to the public...

Kana813,
Disappointed? Not really. In this hobby I know only too well that "you can have anything you want, you just can't have everything you want."
My guess at this point is that there is a 90% chance that I'll stay with the MBLs and a 10% I'll buy something else.
I'm told that there will soon be a mkII version of the 101Es with a new upper midrange driver. That just may do the trick.