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Originally Posted by soundman98
personal preference 
i don't care much for hard dome tweeters, but i especially loathe horn-loaded hard domes! |
Yet you recommend Def tech, known for harshness, second only to Paradigm... And I think Yamaha is known for brightness.
When undersizing speakers like these options clearly are for the room, the dispersion and focus of the horns are likely beneficial. YMMV.
whee.
Also, I'd actually recommend he build a false wall ~1' from the real wall; flush-mount the TV, and good in-walls for the speakers. The space behind can also house properly sized subwoofer boxes (and by house, I mean mostly become...)
Hard domes are harder to work with, but sound amazing done right. Horn loaded actually sorta makes it easier, because throat reflections can help tame the natural nastiness and peaks on the top end.
For commercial stuff, they rarely take the time or $ to implement well (IMO). That said, I appreciated soft domes a bit more (though some of the ceramic domes are amazing... pushing closer to ribbon territory, and the best I've ever heard were ribbons.)
C