Giant Custom Horn Systems - How they sound and issues with sonics

I definitely dream of one day building the ultimate system and room. I see what some of these crazy guys do with truly giant custom horn installations and they make me drool, but (like most of us) I've never had an opportunity to hear one of these crazy systems (see pics).

But I'm guessing at least a few of you have and others probably possess some theoretical engineering knowledge around the issues these giant horn systems might create, but I've never seen a thread that discusses the sonic pro's and con's of these systems.

Would love to hear some thoughts (even if it is just some pontificating on theory) regarding these types of installations. Let's discuss.
 
I am actually getting this from a Beyma CP-755Ti with 18 Sound XT1464 horns...at 110Db/watt.
But probably worth a slightly different sound. Measurements are one thing, the sound is another thing. Comparing these two concepts is like comparing a Fiat 500 with an Koenigsegg
 
Boys and girls, maybe you should read the headline of the Thread again. What I see on the last two pages isn't matching with the description "giant", it's about tiny things. These are waveguides, not horns.

Best Regards and have a nice weekend
 
My sincerest apologies, I jumped in as there were a few comments about WAF with horns in general. Rather than deleting my posts in the thread, please just ignore them.
 
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My sincerest apologies, I jumped in as there were a few comments about WAF with horns in general. Rather than deleting my posts in the thread, please just ignore them.
No problem, I just wanted to bring it back on topic. And who cares for the waf? There are no wrong horns, there are just wrong wifes.

Life's too short for short speakers
 
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