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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
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grannyring
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Br3098

So true! One must listen before buying to make up their own mind.

Hopefully the comments we make help narrow the list to a workable few to sample.
inna
5,245 posts
 
I am unfamiliar with horn speakers. Why can't they play bass without the attached sub? Need to be too big to do it?
keithr
950 posts
 
Used zu def2. You get the best of both worlds.
chadeffect
586 posts
 
Inna,
the subs on the smaller avantgardes are a compromise to avoid having to
use a huge bass horn to produce low frequencies. If you have the space & cash they have the Bass horn. But this would probably be to big for many users.
rleff
1,065 posts
 
Soundlab if you have the proper amplification.
What amps are you going to use?
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