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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: Johnk Consider DIY thats what I did after owning Duo 2.2 built my own horns I admit it was easy for me since its what I do. There are many DIY forums and cabinet plans etc. Find a local cabinet maker if you can not build yourself. Could look about for others projects. For me full horn loading is far better than using ported or sealed bass cabinets but its not cheap or small. Johnk  (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 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   You explained it yourself why soundlabs don't get much atten ...   Inna 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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