Top-8 Most Impressive Horn Speakers – 2025 Rating

Modern horn speakers are the choice of those audiophiles and music lovers who want to get ultra-high sound dynamics, easy selection of tube amplification and a vinyl-friendly experience. Indeed, analog sound formats are best revealed on horn acoustics with a tube amp in a pair – so our new rating is dedicated to such loudspeakers. It's 2025 and in almost any price segment – ​​from Hi-Fi to High-End you can find impressive speakers – our expert article will help with this.

8. Shinjitsu Audio Hiro

Looking at the price of Shinjitsu Audio Hiro (two thousand six hundred US dollars per pair), we want to double-check the data once again - but, all is so, before us is really an attraction of generosity and an entrance ticket to the world of horn sound. The acoustics uses the proprietary main driver and the new Beyma CD171 FE / PK compression driver in an optimized horn and provides a frequency response of 20 Hz to 20 Khz - which is very impressive for enclosures with a volume of 1.7 cubic feet. 93 dB of sensitivity and stable 8 Ohm impedance provide guarantees of coupling with a tube amplification of 3 W, and the dynamic sound makes your legs dance.

7. Klipsch La Scala AL5

The latest reincarnation of the classic Klipsch La Scala model (first released in 1963 – a living classic) in the AL5 version is designed in a closed cabinet made of 25 mm thick MDF boards and allows for very flexible placement in the listening room, including close to the walls. The system is three-way - the K-771 tweeter and 2” K-55-X compression midrange driver with phenolic diffusers are loaded on their own horns, and from below there is a rear-facing 15” low-frequency woofer with a diffuser made of K-33-E fiber composite in an exponential folded horn. The speakers will not amaze you with the bass extension (the frequency is limited to 51 Hz), but the stunning 105 dB sensitivity and reference microdynamics form a truly magical sound canvas.

6. Lowther Acousta 117

The development of the famous 115 and 116 models from the British Lowther flaunts a wide-range 8" PM6A driver with an alnico magnet and a Voigt folded spatial diaphragm, enclosed in a front facing Voigt horn. The company's DNA is visible in everything - from the amazingly lively and agile sound, flowing like a stream, to the highest sensitivity of 98-105 dB with a stable impedance of 8 Ohm. By the way, relatively miniature speakers play in the 35 Hz - 20 kHz frequency range - we have a real engineering masterpiece in front of us.

5. Volti Audio Vittora

The result of four years of development, the flagship Volti Audio Vittora offers a larger mid-horn, perfectly tailored to the horn bass section, tweeters centered relative to the mid-horn and improved crossover design and components. Bass from 25 Hz is provided by a completely new ELF (Extended Low Frequency) system with 1 kW amplification, 12” – 18” woofers, and a digital crossover. 105 dB sensitivity will satisfy even seasoned audiophiles.

4. AER AEROFON

The futuristic AER AEROFON are available in several versions, differing in the drivers used. So, the basic AEROFON econ has 102 dB sensitivity, and the senior AEROFON essence with BD E drivers almost claims a world record with 116 dB! The full-range divers here deliver an incredible amount of detail and literally tear off the veil before any recording. The frequency responce of 35 Hz – 80 kHz also looks very impressive for a design of this size.

3. Avantgarde Acoustic UNO SD

The younger Avantgarde Acoustic UNO SD are perfect even for small (16 sqm) rooms – and their 107 dB sensitivity and 18 Ohm impedance guarantee the speakers will open up even when supplied with 10 W of power. The 500 mm spherical midrange horn with Evolution XMl is a 127 mm midrange driver that operates in a band up to 300 Hz. The midrange and tweeter drivers use Omega coils, which significantly reduce the load on the amplifier. The subwoofer module uses the new 153 mm XB10 driver in a bass-reflex configuration with 500 Watts G3-500 amplifier – notes from 18 Hz are quite within the system’s reach, and the overall character of the sound is simply mesmerizing.

2. Acapella LA CAMPANELLA

Acapella LA CAMPANELLA is equipped with a new 450 mm hyperspheric horn, which transmits a full four octaves (as opposed to the three octaves usually voiced by horns) - so, in terms of timbre authenticity and coherence of performance, the acoustics have few equals. At low frequencies, there are as many as four 6.5" woofers operating in parallel - together with the intelligent coupling concept, the system achieves a frequency response of 25 Hz - 25 kHz at 93 dB sensitivity and 8 Ohm impedance. But you should take serious care of the amplification - it is recommended to supply 100 W.

1. Cessaro LISZT II

The grandiose Cessaro LISZT II provide sound images in real size and guarantee a genuine flurry of emotions in the operating range from 30 Hz to 45 kHz. 120 dB of maximum sound pressure are capable of voicing 100 sqm, but more importantly, with 100 dB sensitivity and 8 Ohm impedance, this 4-way horn loudspeaker system is capable of playing even when supplied with 60 W of power. Two frontloaded 12" woofers, driven by solidstate power amps with 1.2 kW, sealed box low-mids with 11" Alnico driver, spherical composite horn with extremely powerful 2" TAD-compression driver for midrange, and modified TAD compression driver with beryllium diaphragm and cobalt magnet as a tweeter - everything is perfect even by Ultra High-End standards.