The reactive quality of compromised non ideal horns concerns me but they still sound alright?

[quote] So a short horn on the front of a woofer is basically a front ported enclosure.

Certainly theres a point where the horn is hardly functioning - and there is the opposite extreme where it is functioning to its maximum potential[horns no one can fit in their house]

And often inbetween many basshorns like the labhorn[in large stacks]
For my home use 42hz 2226 horn,I decided the minimum sensitivity would be 100db/1watt,below that I might as well not bother.

Id love to buy some AES-its just that I think the anthology might be more useful and practical.

regards
Mike.e