The Western Electric 16A Horn: Original and Reproduction
Pictured above is the WE 16A horn and developer David G. Blattner provided by Bell Laboratory. In the photo below, the rear WE 16A horn is an original made in the late 1920s, and the front horn is a reproduction I made as it is. The sound reproduced by the combination of the Western Electric 16A horn and the Western Electric 555 driver is as mesmerizing as watching a live performance right in front of the stage. The horn speaker was first developed at Bell Laboratories in the United States in the late 1920s. It's has passed for nearly 100 years and I haven't seen a speaker that sounds better than this one.