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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
chadeffect
586 posts
 
Vicdamone,
There is a bit of an issue where the sub meets the mid horn
on the Uno. To be honest since I have had the Trio I find the UNO & the Duo to be weak in that area. It is only due to the sub cut off being so high. Even so both are difficult to beat.

Personally as you could guess I don't know of a better speaker all round than the trio.

As unexplained earlier I had planars for 20 years & from all the revered manufacturers.
madhf
170 posts
 
Second the Apogee's. Either the Diva's or the Duetta Signatures; the Scintilla although a great speaker is realy hard to drive. Also, the Slant 8, an Apogee hybrid, is excellent and can be bought in the $1200-1500 price range. I have 2 pair to go with my Divas. There's an excellent pair for sale on Agon for $1350 from a guy who is well versed in Apogees.
renmeister OP
6 posts
 
Responding to vicdamone, I had listened to the Duo and Duo Omega under very good conditions and a short demo of the Uno's in a room I felt was poorly set up. However listening to the Duo and the Duo Omega I was elated with both demo's and purchased the Uno's as a result.
I'm well aware of the inner action of room acoustics, room interactions ect., however after talking to folks in the know and to people who own the same model, I came to the conclusion after a year of trial and error, and with the help of ASC and there tube traps that I would have to spend big money to resolve the issue. I must say there is much good about about the Avantgarde Uno. I loved them for what they could do and cursed them for what they could not.
unsound
7,332 posts
 
Perhaps VMPS?
chadeffect
586 posts
 
Madhf,
Having owned both the apogee diva & duetta sigs, & had them modified with all the latest ribbons & crossovers I can assure you these will not apply. Great as they can be. The Diva being the least dynamic.

I think what some people posting here are not realising is that powerful amps cannot substitue for the sensitivity and the way the AG horns couple to the air. I dont want to sound like a broken record or an ass, but most of the suggestions as a replacement mentioned so far will not do what the original posters Unos already did. Fact.

The answer to the question is just better horns!
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