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
The Acoustic Horn AH 300 may be the best mid range horn available to mankind. The guys who designed and built the Cogent Field Coil driver chose it to showcase their product. You can have a pair custom built for you with adapters hand made for the drivers you choose to use for $2700/pair in maple. Other wood choices require a small upcharge.

Because this horn can reach down as low as 350 Hz. it is easier to integrate with your dynamic woofers than horns which have to cross higher.

In the context of high-end audio, this option is neither large or expensive -and the high efficiency allows you to use tiny amplifiers. My 15 watt amplifier loafs along.

I hope this helps you.
I use to own some vintage sansui sp-5500 horn speakers but now I have some BOSE 901 series 6 version 2 speakers that just came out a few months ago. These new and improved 901's sound very much like my friends QUAD ESL 2905's BUT my 901's can play louder and they also have a better bottom end too!
Mrdecibel..

You need to work on your reading comprehension , but not to worry by the time you leave the 7th grade things might improve.

I was present and exhibited at the NYC stereophile show and the reason for the many request was due to the "noise" honking out of that room, nothing else, very annoying to all , not just exhibitors and i'm also very familiar with BC and on a uno, well let me just say you would have to be tone deaf to live with that combination..

Heck based on the "noise" you were making back then, for sure you are...

Audiofeil:
Things could be worst than working at Walmart, i could be selling used hi-fi for a living from my living room ......LOL
Ohhh just in case you Horn zealots missed it, Renmeister has asked for other recommendations as he has moved on from owning horns and the tone is " jump back in " there is nothing betta ...

Check yourselves .................

I have never told anyone not to buy or use horns, unlike you I'm aware there are many who cannot live with the coloration, time and phase distortions of horns regardless of how much the music jumps out at them in the dark..

Regards....
Hifisoundguy,

Are you saying the 901S6V2 was better than your horns, interesting...

regards,