Horn loaded ribbons are a nice way to go.
You both like ribbons and Alcons. Did Cineramax hijack your accounts?
I have been using horn loaded ribbon speakers before Alcons came to CEDIA the first time.
Thanks guys, those Alcons systems are really great... They are not horn loaded in the normal extent of the name though, they merely use a regular waveguide, unlike a compression driver that uses the horn to distribute the waves. Advantage of that are many, but one of them is a super stabile 1-20KHz frequency response at the entire dispersion zone (horns will always reduce their beam-width significantly at higher frequencies...). Knowing they have up to 90x120 degrees waveguides gives them a clear edge also over alternatives such as Beyma as their TPL´s typically is quite limited in the horisontal plane (40 degrees for TPL-150 for example). As such, the Alcons speakers would work very well also in low ceiling immersive installations, still using the sound pro-ribbon HF on all speakers. Not saying Beyma is a bad alternative either BTW, but the pointy dispersion is indeed challenging to overcome in atmos / DTS:X ++ immersive installations...