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Horns are great for large spaces such as theatres and auditoriums because of their great efficiency and high db potential, but for a home system it is largely overkill and a brute force approach to something that can be acomplished with more finesse and delicacy. Horns can induce their own coloration, and most do not have a smooth and extended overall frequency response. Horns have a controlled dispersion that will limit the soundstage and imaging in a small space. I have an old school set of JBL 4691B Cabarets (the standard pro sound reinforcement speaker back in the day) and while it can go loud and clear, it lacks low volume detail and the high end rolls off rapidly after 12 khz. Augmenting it with a separate dome tweeter helps, but it's nowhere near the clarity of the MTM systems I mentioned.
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