Western Electric 16A Horn

Early of November 2014, three gentlemen from Thailand came to my office in Seoul for listening the sound of WE 16A horn. I was very surprised about their passion toward the music. Their purpose to visiting me was just one for listening of the music from the 16A horn, no other business and sightseeing at all. The flying time between Seoul and Bangkok is about six hours. They had stayed in Seoul for four days. So I introduced and accompanied with them to other places to take look around the original WE 15A, 16A horns and Mirrophonic system etc. They were very satisfied about the sound and place an order a quite number of the WE 16A horn replica.

I have noticed someone suggested in a popular audiophile forum that the replica cannot possibly produce the same sound as the original due to differences in steel sheet thickness and the quality of material used, to name just a few. As for thickness, I can assure you that the replica's margin of difference is the same as that found in three original horns. I measured the thickness of the three original WE16A horns with a micrometer which can read up to 1/1000 inch. I have possessed the left gauge from a long time ago. But, the mouth lip of 16A horn body is 2 inch wide. It turned out that the left gauge's throat was not deep enough to measure the thickness of the horns. So I bought another micrometer of the right and measured the thickness of the steel sheet of an original 16A horns up to 1/1000 inch very precisely. The replica is made with exactly the same thickness as the original. As for the quality of the original steel sheet, the carbon content of the steel sheet is t...