Horns: Why don't they image well?

Um I was just trying to point out that the m2/4367 use a different horn waveguide and as such would sound a lot different than la scalas or smith horns. I have always enjoyed and respected georoge's posts, and I have no doubt that audio psychic convey a better imaging stage compared to older horn designs.

Also like you mr. d, i did not get my horns because I wanted that pinpoint imaging, that just turned out to be a big bonus for me. I got them for their impressive off the charts dynamic capabilities, high sensitivity and ease of use to mate with tube amps, or low watt class a, and sense of scale and 'thereness' that a good horn system does better than a good standard 3 way. that is just my experience, at least.

Nothing quite like Heresys in a large warehouse...however, with Heresy IIIs 9 feet from my head the imaging is astonishingly good. Come on over and hear 'em George (see, I know he's in Australia and unlikely to find me here near Boston, still...).

@ wolf_garcia

Been there done that Wolf, check out my post 4 back.

Cheers George 

I have NO problem admitting I prefer some dynamic compression at a certain point. I'm not very interested in 120dB of dynamic range at all. It's painful. I don't perceive hyper-dynamic sound as good. It's exciting, and those Klipsch were exciting, but as I've said, I can imagine such a sound to be difficult to tolerate with material I like. I felt what soundstage was there was artificially focused beyond any reality I've ever heard. I like that my Focal take that hyper-realism and the pointed dynamics down a notch in exchange for a vastly superior soundstage. Maybe those things could be made to image better, but those things were about 30 feet short on depth and about 10 feet short on each side with a notable lack of air and ambience.  The superior dynamics probably contributed to the lack of convincing depth and the more forward sound. I enjoy massive, towering, bottomless, enveloping soundstages. That's realism in the music. When the speaker steps in and begins truncating the recording environment or intended scale of image size, I cannot excuse that to any great extent. That, to me, is a failing much more offensive than a small compromise in ear-stabbing dynamics.