"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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Colouration is certainly the biggest problem with 'horns' after their
size - some colouration is easy to absorb and totally forget/ignore; some
isn't; some 'horns' are more 'coloured' than others. Whatever - all in
all, it's a small price to pay for an overall 'best sound' if, say, male
voices sound a bit quacky when you almost *never* hear a male voice
speaking on your system!

Lowthers and also those old Altecs that were ubiquitious in the 70s
give a valve trombone sound to die for:-)


Other than the 'drum n bass' mentioned elsewhere, Lowthers are to die for
for a whole lot more than that!

The trouble is, too many people have an opinion and have never heard them,
or have an opinion based on perhaps a single session with them! Like much
else in life (including every single pair of speakers on the planet) they
take a little getting used to. Another problem with Lowthers and similar
others) is they take as much as three years of normal use to be properly run
in!

(Actually, that's much the same for any speaker - I've too many instances of
people telling me how they regret getting rid of speakers they'd had for
decades and had decided to 'upgrade'!! :-)