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What does one purchase after owning horns?

I have owned Avantgarde Uno's and sold them because of the lack of bass to horn integration. I loved the dynamics, the midrange and highs. Now faced with a new speaker purchase, I demo speakers and they sound lifeless and contrived. The drama and beauty of live music and even the sound of percussion insturments like a piano are not at all convincing. I have an $8k budget for speakers give or take a thousand. My room is 13'X26' firing down the length. Any good ideas will be appreciated. My music prefrences are jazz/jazz vocalist. Renmeister  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 03-26-11

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 03-26-11   In my memory of hearing avantgarde duos and trios at my loca ...   Theo 03-26-11   Soundlab electrostatic speakers.   Vegasears 03-26-11   Mentioning the amp your using wouldn't hurt. if it's a low p ...   Hifihvn 03-26-11   I had lowther medallion ii's with set amps and a sunfire sub ...   Ahendler 03-26-11   Consider diy thats what i did after owning duo 2.2 built my ...   Johnk 03-27-11   If you liked the sound of the unos. it's going to be hard to ...   Russ69 03-27-11   Jbl k2 or everest, blows away the k-horn.   Buconero117 03-27-11   If i were you i would look for something like blumenhofer or ...   Mordante 03-27-11   Tannoy prestige: you get the life and dynamics of horns with ...   Musicophile 03-27-11   Soundlab esl speakers are what you may be looking for. they ...   Grannyring 03-27-11   Watch for a pair of duo's or duo omega's. the duo's main hor ...   Mrderrick 03-27-11   If you could go up a bit in budget the audiokinesis dream ma ...   Clio09 03-27-11   Large active atc's or pmc's used will do the trick of integr ...   Shadorne 03-27-11   As an owner of tannoy and soundlab, htey are very different ...   4est 03-27-11   The best speakers i ever owned for piano, in particular, wer ...   Br3098 03-27-11   That's a really tough one as it's difficult to match the spe ...   Jax2 03-27-11   There is only one solution to your problem...trios   Chadeffect 03-27-11   Soundlab a1's and up can be quite dynamic with a little effo ...   Grannyring 03-27-11   Try eggelston rosa. great midrange detail and full range bas ...   Bigby 03-27-11   For a little something different, take a look at some speake ...   Shiva 03-27-11: Inna You explained it yourself why Soundlabs don't get much attention. They need 600 SS or ,I assume, about the same tube watts to sound their best. That's what? $30k or so? Or more? Few want and can afford this set up. Inna  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 03-28-11   Inna, you are somewhat right. used soundlabs can be had for ...   Grannyring 03-28-11   With regard to ss amps that work well with soundlabs at a re ...   Grannyring 03-28-11   Good luck, but as you have found, no audiophile speaker will ...   Dan_ed 03-28-11   Hello, i have been fortunate to own and listen to some great ...   Rodge827 03-28-11   I would forget planars. you will never get that freedom you ...   Chadeffect 03-28-11   I totally agree with chadeffect. once you get used to the ef ...   Duomike 03-28-11   Duke of audiokinesis introduced a new speaker at rmaf called ...   Atmasphere 03-28-11   Goodness my soundlabs sound anything but flat. i have owned ...   Grannyring 03-28-11   I heard that those who don't want or don't like tubes, and h ...   Inna 03-28-11   Once you get used to the low coloration of planers it will b ...   Weseixas 03-28-11   Imho, anyone who says that the sound labs can sound 'flat' h ...   Lrsky 03-28-11   I would second the calls for good, full range electrostatics ...   Jeff1225 03-28-11   My thanks to those of you who have mentioned my speakers, so ...   Audiokinesis 03-28-11   As you have owned an ag you will probably be able to dismiss ...   Chadeffect 03-28-11   1 question, 34 opinions (including mine, of course). i love ...   Br3098 03-28-11   Br3098 so true! one must listen before buying to make up th ...   Grannyring 03-28-11   I am unfamiliar with horn speakers. why can't they play bass ...   Inna 03-28-11   Used zu def2. you get the best of both worlds.   Keithr 03-29-11   Inna, the subs on the smaller avantgardes are a compromise t ...   Chadeffect 03-29-11   Soundlab if you have the proper amplification. what amps are ...   Rleff 03-29-11   What amplification for sound labs? i used the somewhat dry, ...   Lrsky 03-29-11   Planars and electrostatics are "coherent" in the m ...   Mrdecibel 03-29-11   Just to dispel a couple of common myths, sound labs are capa ...   Atmasphere 03-29-11   Atmasphere, thank you......and yes, set up, gear and care up ...   Mrdecibel 03-29-11   And we are talking big. big speakers, big spaces for them an ...   Inna 03-30-11   my wish is to hear one of these amazing horn speakers ralp ...   Weseixas 03-30-11   Once you have enjoyed the uncompressed sound of horns it's d ...   Tmsorosk 03-30-11   Weseixas, you don't deserve a listen to any horns. ;-)   Dan_ed 03-30-11   Well think of it as punishment dan ...:)   Weseixas

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