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I recieved and accepted an invitation to hear an earlier version of the Cogent speakers, and I was subsequently asked for a considered opinion of the sound.  I guess the designers had read from my posts various criticisms of horns in general and they liked the idea of getting an "outsider" opinion so as to not get too cozily hunkered down in their own bullshit.

Anyway, the system was so flawed that I am loath to try to get it all out.  However, it did one thing in one small (un-"loaded") portion of the midrange that is as good a rendition as I have ever heard, and that is the "ragged edges" of music.  That was simply uncanny.  Everything else was all over the place, from absurd scale to bass trombone dynamics, to combing, etc., etc.  As I recall they were using 300B amps (of course...), but pretty good, for all that.

The thing that struck me, though, was that they were simply committed to their method and direction, and NOTHING was going to make them go back past a certain point of no return to re-evaluate and try something else.

FWIW, I have NEVER heard big plywood horns I thought were worth a crap, so if you love those, these Cogents may be just what you are dreaming of.  But get in line.  People are beating the doors down for the old stuff, especially the properly pre-hyped old stuff.

Best regards,
Paul S

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