Zingali HM-215 horn speakers

I have auditioned a pair of the intro line, contours I believe and heard a pair of top of the line Signatures. I wanted to like them, they look so great, but I am afraid, they were'nt for me. I do'nt like horns at the best of times, but I found these band limited, lacking base and treble extension and coloured, as Honest1 said.

I have a pair of the Zingali omniray floorstandering horn loaded towers (model S3, I think). These are stunning looking, very dynamic and actually quite neutral with no obvious coloration to my ear - at least until the spls get really high, at which point they can get a bit hard (like many, many other designs). My main complaint is the foam surrounds on the drivers which will degrade over time. All in, I'd still say that, while they are a less than perfect design, they are still (at their price) a very good value in premium finish horn loaded speakers.

Good Luck

Marty

BTW,

The old distrubutor, OSSaudio.com in Toluca Lake, Ca. may still have an odd pair or two available on closeout.

Marty

Thanks Marty

I haven't heard that particular model, but I heard a smaller model with a single 15" woofer and it was quite nice.

If you're looking for "strong bass", the one with the single 15" woofer might be better. Adding a second identical woofer without doubling the box size will of course raise the efficiency but will actually reduce the bass extension.

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