I would recommend the OP to seek for a pair of Earl Geddes (GeddLee) speakers. There are not many but they are, given the compromise of a smaller size, one of the better horns I had a chance to hear. I owned his top model Summa which I liked for how they sounded but given they were DIY, I ultimately decided to keep Oris Swings.
Geddes speakers are clean, linear, low distortion - not much (or any) bass bellow 50-60Hz from a 15" driver but one of the best midrange practically free from most of the colorations often dominating the horn sound. Very electrostatic in presentation with better dynamics - just missing the real pressurizing you get from true, long horn profiles like Tractrix, Le'Cleach etc
Their midrange is second to none thanks to a strict concept of controlled directivity through a oblate-spheroid waveguide which is technically speaking not a horn (meaning air impedance matching device) but it just works so well in reducing distortion and other colorations you get from real horns.
We copied the Geddes WG for own use and produced a few pieces from polyester. Two friends made truly SOTA speakers with the Summa WGs, one with TAD 4001, another with modified TAD 2001. Actually now I remember that I didn't mind selling them since I had a WG DIY-ed, a copy of x-over schematic and of course I knew what drivers it used. I assume Summa would be too big for you (they were 90x60x40cm) but there are smaller versions, forgot the names.
Geddes speakers are not free from faults, to my ears an early rollout (and I'm partly deaf plus not a HF freak) and a specific sound of B&C cheap CDs are the main ones but both can be addressed. A friend who's using modified TAD 2001 (different diaphragm) with Bert's BD15 drivers in D'Appolito configuration really pushed the limits with his build.
If I ever sell my Swings for decent money (what is decent money?) I may end with my version of Summas. You just need better drivers than what Earl Geddes uses.
Geddes speakers are clean, linear, low distortion - not much (or any) bass bellow 50-60Hz from a 15" driver but one of the best midrange practically free from most of the colorations often dominating the horn sound. Very electrostatic in presentation with better dynamics - just missing the real pressurizing you get from true, long horn profiles like Tractrix, Le'Cleach etc
Their midrange is second to none thanks to a strict concept of controlled directivity through a oblate-spheroid waveguide which is technically speaking not a horn (meaning air impedance matching device) but it just works so well in reducing distortion and other colorations you get from real horns.
We copied the Geddes WG for own use and produced a few pieces from polyester. Two friends made truly SOTA speakers with the Summa WGs, one with TAD 4001, another with modified TAD 2001. Actually now I remember that I didn't mind selling them since I had a WG DIY-ed, a copy of x-over schematic and of course I knew what drivers it used. I assume Summa would be too big for you (they were 90x60x40cm) but there are smaller versions, forgot the names.
Geddes speakers are not free from faults, to my ears an early rollout (and I'm partly deaf plus not a HF freak) and a specific sound of B&C cheap CDs are the main ones but both can be addressed. A friend who's using modified TAD 2001 (different diaphragm) with Bert's BD15 drivers in D'Appolito configuration really pushed the limits with his build.
If I ever sell my Swings for decent money (what is decent money?) I may end with my version of Summas. You just need better drivers than what Earl Geddes uses.
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