Arny Krueger wrote:
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SR and Hifi are different beasts, which is not to say that a SR system can't
provide a satisfying sound with good fidelity.


Say it isn't so. An amp that's excellent for PA isn't so good for the
house??

Here's Altec Lansing's web site.

http://www.alteclansing.com/

From it you can readily discern that Altec Lansing does not have any current
production of speakers for SR. Therefore this comment must relate to some
out-of-date product that should never be mentioned in a contemporary
discussion of the capabilities of speakers that incorporate waveguide or
so-called horn speakers.

No, Arny, the classic Altec Lansing gear sets a benchmark for all
time. It may well be improved on, but Altec Lansing and JBL WERE the
quality driver manufacturers in the United States, a country that
actually did manufacture stuff, for decades. There is still a LOT of
Altec stuff in use, because it was so well built. The Japanese pay very
good money for it. New PA and MI gear often is designed to mimic,
interface with, or fit in the void left by it.

The past, as Faulkner said, is not only not dead, it's not even past.
And as another genius who died the same year as Faulkner might have
added, "And Faulkner should know."