![]() ![]() The paper mache horns are made out of… paper. He invited me over for a listen and said I could build my own pair if I put in the time. I shot him an email and we began chatting. Horns out of paper mache - what an intriguing idea. On a random internet stroll, I found John Inlow's website. It was like listening to the Gods live!Īfter coming away from the VOTT experience, the chase was on – to get my own all horn system. I can enjoy this song through the car radio, but through the VOTTs, I could actually understand what they were trying to do. “In my time of dying" from Physical Graffiti is one of my favorite Zeppelin songs. The wall of sound that Zeppelin can create must be heard loud. I'm a Led Zeppelin fan (you're not alone, Geoff!) and they sounded magnificent on this system. It sounded more like the real thing than I had ever heard before. Power, dynamics, and unbelievable realism. But the walls had melted and every recording took me somewhere else. There was no earth-shaking bass or hyper-detailed highs. They weren't the most neutral or widest bandwidth speakers. ![]() Instead, the VOTTs greeted me with a mellow, rounded, smooth, grain-free sound. When I sat down to listen, I was expecting a loud, harsh sound. The VOTT system I was about to listen to was highly modified: braced and right-sized cabinets, new crossovers, and a supertweeter to cover the frequencies above 6 kHz. ![]() High frequencies are handled by a multicell horn with a compression driver. Originally designed for movie theatres, the VOTTs use a 15" woofer mounted behind a large front horn. Altec's Voice of the Theatre ( VOTT) systems are quite popular around the world. Now, his all pro system turned out to be a big Altec A5 rig (or A7, I forget), something the audiophile world is not too unfamiliar with. Knowing that he lived closed to where I did, I took him up on the offer. One poster threw out an invitation to compare his all pro-system with a pair of Von Schweikerts. The argument was that pro drivers were engineered for high performance and would perform better than hi-fi drivers in the home environment, where they are unlikely to even break a sweat. There was a very interesting thread on about pro versus hi-fi speakers. Product name: Inlow 190 Hz Tractrix Paper Mache HornĬost: $1000 per pair ( Currency conversion) Tractrix Paper Mache Horn by Inlow Sound Speaker, Or Art? ![]()
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