Sonic and musical performance as a whole is our top priority when evaluating a system, and the Horning Eufrodite MK3 speakers deliver with aplomb. We agree with one review, to quote - "you hear the sound, but you also feel it all around you. It doesn't stay put in front by the speakers, but kind of envelopes the listener."

Most visitors who have listened at length to the Horning Eufrodite MK3 loudspeakers have a common question - what makes them deliver excellent bass quality - texture, definition, resolution ?

Of course, bass is not everything, but the Horning's bass quality indeed can catch one's attention, especially since these Horning speakers are of the high sensitivity horn design family. 

One visitor thought we were driving them with hundreds of watts, but we were actually only using a parallel single-ended 20-watt tube amplifier.

We are very particular about bass quality, and we would rather have a system with high quality bass than high quantity, average quality. A lot of music are enhanced with the presence of bass or percussion instruments, driving along the rhythm - jazz, vocals, country, rock, classical, etc. - it's just inescapable.

We are certainly pleased with the Horning loudspeakers' bass performance in both quality and quantity, never lumbering behind the other parts of the sonic spectrum, which includes output from the very fast heavily modified Lowther midrange drivers.

We noted that Tommy Horning, designer of the Horning Hybrid range of products, shared our sentiments. To quote him - "Our starting point was the outstanding dynamics and excellent bass impulse response of the horn, an ideal basis for mid and high fundamentals."

Besides the patented quarterwave loading system, what also contributes to the excellent bass is the proper implementation of several short-throw bass drivers in parallel on a Horning loudspeaker.  This results in minimal bass driver movement which means much lower distortion.  The cabinet is also undamped, and is an acoustic transformer by itself, and with the minimal reflections, one can position the speakers much closer to the wall.

The 5" Lowther driver (normally full-range, but transformed into a midrange driver in Horning speakers) really needs no introduction,  and it has been heavily modified by Tommy Horning to enhance its performance.  For many who are used to more mainstream drivers, of whatever material - ceramic, rubber, diamond, etc. -, it may take some getting used too.  A good Lowther driver is like a wide open window, no artificial sweeteners - its main characteristics are "speed, high sensitivity, detailed reproduction, dynamics, and transparency (even at low levels), immediacy.   It can give you the feeling that the musicians are more present ... lifelike."

The tweeter is Tommy's own design, an uncommonly used cone tweeter.
 

The best thing that we like about the Horning speakers are the way they inject new life into records (audiophile or non-audiophile mastering) previously thought of as sounding "flat".  The Hornings guarantee rediscovery of one's album collection.

We can go on describing the sound or the design, but we would rather have you drop by and listen ... and they are still getting better each day.