I'm with ya on designing the listening room to maximize the K-Horns, then y'all (you,the wife, and the speakers) can grow old together in harmony.I haven't brought them in the house yet, But I have tried them out and they sound amazing. I just have them connected to a Realistic STA-46 (because it was in arms reach), a nice sounding low power (16 watt?) receiver, but far from what they deserve and they sound incredible, I can't wait to hear them with my Sansui G-8700DB (if they go in the bedroom I'll use a Sansui AU555A), Extremely efficient and as clear as possible. At first I was thinking about trading them (for about a minute) because they're so big, Much larger than my DQ-20's, But after realizing it's a once in a lifetime score and probably wouldn't find another pair locally at a price I would pay I decided to keep them and make room in the living room for them. They would have fit in our last house without a problem, but this is a smaller rental We're staying in until we find something (or build something, which is looking more likely) and it's really not designed for Khorns. But now that I have them they are going to be an important part of the design of our next/last place. If I move things around here they'll fit but I'll have to build a false halfwall for one which doesn't sound like it will effect the sound much. One thing they did was make me realize I have a few pairs of speakers I'll never listen to again.
If you don't know this yet.... then realize the Khorns will probably be the most space/room efficient speakers you've ever had. Even though they are huge by any measure, once you tuck them into their respective corners, they will "disappear" into the room. You will then realize they take up FAR less room space than (insert almost any other speaker made) because (insert almost any other speaker made) usually has to be pulled out from the side and back walls a bit to shine. These instead, need to be pushed tight into the corner which is otherwise, generally dead space.
If you don't know this yet.... then realize the Khorns will probably be the most space/room efficient speakers you've ever had. Even though they are huge by any measure, once you tuck them into their respective corners, they will "disappear" into the room. You will then realize they take up FAR less room space than (insert almost any other speaker made) because (insert almost any other speaker made) usually has to be pulled out from the side and back walls a bit to shine. These instead, need to be pushed tight into the corner which is otherwise, generally dead space.
Makes you wonder a bit what a current designer might be able to come up with in a corner design today. You'd think it could be smaller these days. Andrew Jones, get on it!
It seems to me that the issue with corner speakers is more about today's rooms than with the speakers. Weren't corner speakers designed for simple rectangular shaped rooms with small door openings? They just don't seem to translate well to modern, open concept floor plans. In my house, I don't have a room with two symmetric corners suitable for corner speakers.
Makes you wonder a bit what a current designer might be able to come up with in a corner design today.
Weren't corner speakers designed for simple rectangular shaped rooms with small door openings? They just don't seem to translate well to modern, open concept floor plans. In my house, I don't have a room with two symmetric corners suitable for corner speakers.
I agree that it would be cool to see a modern redesign of the corner speaker. Seems like it would be possible to cobble something together since many modern (smaller) subwoofers are designed for corner placement. What else would be needed to replicate the corner speaker sound signature?
I thought they were simply designed to bring the Orchestra into the home. That they were designed during a period where the typical home had rectangular rooms might just be happenstance. You don't need corners though
Somehow I got it in my head that corner speakers were primarily about controlled dispersion and relied on the adjacent walls to provide the ambient cues (echos) that would be experienced in a concert hall. As such, my subwoofer comment above doesn't make any sense. I have a lot to learn when it comes to this subject...