Calling all Horn lovers

I have Wavetouch GT speakers for my integrated (Home Theater and 2ch) sound system. These speakers are efficient, loud, small, pretty, smooth natural sounding, and dynamic without typical horns' characteristics such as honky, screechy, shouty, coloration, ugly huge cabinet, etc. It's the best of both horn and dynamic speakers. There is a review of GT speakers in Stereo Times.
STEREO TIMES.

I agree with the reviewer's conclusion "need to start the search at about $20,000 and escalate from there." I think GT speakers are the best in the world in 40~27,000hz range. I've heard many >$100k sound systems at audio shops (Los Angeles, CA) and audio shows.

I don't get around on the Agon site as much as I used to so I am very late to respond but I am an owner of the Edgarhorn Titan system with single bass horn. Yes the bass horn is the size of a refrigerator but I can use it for a casket someday so it came as good value.

I have been a music lover forever and tried very hard over the years to get realistic music performance in the home. After many attempts with many very quality dynamic box speakers with quality drivers, big planar speakers Solid state amps., PP tube amps., I discovered that most hi-efficiency speakers driven by a good SET tube amp. just sounds better to me as mentioned in this thread...right on but to each his own as long as you are enjoying the music.

IMHO if you are missing the dynamics then the rest of the spectrum just falls behind and you never get it right. I confirm this every year at the RMAF.

I first discovered Avantagrde Duos back in 2002 and they gave me the dynamics I was striving for but to me they had coloration in the midrange and I never got the powered bass sub. to have coherency with the rest of the system so I moved on and I tried a lot of loaner gear for experimentation but something always annoyed me.

Then in 2004 I attended CES and discovered Bruce Edgars room with his Titan system and Cyrus Brenneman 845 amps. with silver transformers (drop dead gorgeous) and I knew the speed, low distortion, coherency, imaging and tone was what I was looking for. Hell there was even one couple in the room that became teary eyed after playing their romantic classical piece and these can do it.

After later traveling to California for further evaluation I committed to the 1000 lb. system for my dedicated 15 X 20 room and I have never looked back but beware there has been much experimentation and changes to get it right. As mentioned these things are microscopes so everything has to be right and gear has to be of highest quality with precise gain match.

I won't bore you with the changes I have made or the summation of my system but Horns are not plug and play systems unless you do your homework first and seek out someone who has spent the time to get it right.
Once you get it right I am not aware of any system that gets you closer to live music that a dialed in horn system if you can deal with the pain to get there and you will suffer if not correct. All good things in life come with effort so just be aware.

gwalt

Hi Gwalt,
Good to see you postihg again. I suspect that your system sounds truly superb! Have you thought about posting your system on audiogon? I and I'm sure others would love to see it.
Regards,
Charles,

Hi Charles1dad:

Yes I had thought about posting my system in the past and just never got there so I will work on it and complete the details of what I have experimented with.

As I mentioned I have made many changes in the horn system and all have been for the better....to the point I have dropped all the audio mags. and just listen to the music and now the search for new music is more my passion.

The best to you and hope you are staying warm

Gwalt

Hi Gwalt, I did a quick research of you Edgarhorn system and came away very impressed. The end result was well worth your effort, I am sure! I am one of the others that would also love to see a system page, of course, I'm not one to talk as I do not have one up. You can read back my answers to this thread regarding a pair of horns which I hope to implement. Then I plan to put up my system page.