Best system for jazz?

Drew,
Please take the time to come up for a visit. It's only an hour's drive, and I think a listen might add to the enjoyment of your search.
Hope you can make it.
Regards,
Howard

Budrew, when I posted my system here on the GON I called it "The sound of Jazz" because I mainly listen to acoustic jazz form the 50's, 60's and 70's. Swing,Be-bop,and Hard-bop are played on a daily basis in my home. Take a look at my system and notice the speakers,MG-20s, I believe that Maggies are all around great speakers, but really shine on acoustic music regardless if its small groups or large ensembles. Any of the Maggies(1.6s,3.6s) have this magic with acoustic music so you might consider them for an audtion to see if you would want to build your system around them. Hope this helps.

they don't call 'em horns for nuthin'

E-stats, horns, planers IMO. Each of those types comes with what could be component/setup restrictions for some people so trade-off will not bring out their best.

If you have few-no restrictions then I would also throw in Apogee speakers as a must listen. Apogee Stage with stands comes to mind!

Dave

Budrew,

I appreciate that you asked what we enjoy instead of asking us to dictate our tastes to you.

As a listener to jazz and classical music,I value the interplay of instrumental lines and the timbres of the instruments(including voices)in orchestrated combinations more than I value a speaker's ability to reproduce frequency extremes and dynamic ranges.

In my price range,after much trial and error,I'm happy with the Maggie 1.6 s. In my opionion,they require a reasonably dead wall behind them,at least five or six feet of "breathing room" and high current amplification.