Gosh. I just checked out these JBL 4429. What an ugly speaker. seriously. And then you look at the price, $5000? For someone looking at Hawks, that just about doubles the budget, no thank you. I'm sure they sound great, but for most the price and the WAF makes them a nonstarter.
At at the $5000 price level, I'm sure there is a lot of competition, and hopefully better looking competition. Sorry to be such a downer, but that's my honest reaction...mind you I also do have a smaller listening space.
As for me, I'm considering getting a 2nd pair of Hawks. My pair would be fine in the theater system, but they sound so good I've got them in the 2 channel set up instead. But now the theater, with a Rainmaker center and Totem Lynks for the rears, doesn't have a pair of totems to match color and timbre. Maybe I should go big with a used pair of Winds...
At at the $5000 price level, I'm sure there is a lot of competition, and hopefully better looking competition. Sorry to be such a downer, but that's my honest reaction...mind you I also do have a smaller listening space.
As for me, I'm considering getting a 2nd pair of Hawks. My pair would be fine in the theater system, but they sound so good I've got them in the 2 channel set up instead. But now the theater, with a Rainmaker center and Totem Lynks for the rears, doesn't have a pair of totems to match color and timbre. Maybe I should go big with a used pair of Winds...