In a sense, they can. While not changing the horn sound, their character might make the horn's behaviour more or less noticeable. A darker sounding amplifier might benefit a horn more, than a brighter, more forward-sounding one.How can amplifiers hide or exaggerate horn colorations?
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No.How can amplifiers hide or exaggerate horn colorations?
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Its usually a bad idea to try to compensate something bright with something dark in an attempt to arrive at a synergy. Inevitably it leads to either frequency response errors and/or more distortion.In a sense, they can. While not changing the horn sound, their character might make the horn's behaviour more or less noticeable. A darker sounding amplifier might benefit a horn more, than a brighter, more forward-sounding one.
My experience is similar to yours except this bit- my recommendation is to not exceed -6dB of full power (about 25%) as the amp will start to sound 'dynamic' due to the extra distortion generated on transients. Of course none of that has anything to do with horns- except that with most SETs that is what you need to really hear what they can do.but for best results we need to make sure that amp operates ideally no more than at one-third capacity.
Hi Sbnx,Caesar, what brand of speaker do you have?
My 945 sq ft difficult room lends itself to omnis, particularly as the speakers are placed mid-room with dining and kitchen areas behind the speakers.Hi Sbnx,
I have several systems - omni, electrostats, high-efficiency 2-way Zu audio - a real emotion machine ... I find different technologies bring a different emotional interpretation of the music and I enjoy switching things up.
I currently don't have horns. Yet my top system is a bi-amped MBL system with Symphonic Line and CAT preamp, has near horn dynamics but much more 3D than any horn I have heard.
Unfortunately, there is and never was this kind of "neutral" sounding gear that sounds like a straight piece of wire.Its usually a bad idea to try to compensate something bright with something dark in an attempt to arrive at a synergy. Inevitably it leads to either frequency response errors and/or more distortion.
Better to have everything in the system stand on their merits rather than their weaknesses. This isn't about cost either, FWIW.
They do get good enough that they can fool the most jaundiced of audiophiles on occasion. So there's that...A system of perfect, non sounding components, which should that be? It doesn't exist and have never been.
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