Inna, I worked with the Jadis importer during the mid 90s and was at the '96 Stereophile show at the NYC Waldorf as the "demo" guy for 3 days. They were very complicated to set up, as the outboard crossover took a while to adjust and tweek. The Jadis reps had so much equipment on hand, and cd was the only source. We were threatened so many times by neighboring exhibitors to "shut us down", because of the volume. This was not all of my fault, as the Eurythme designer went a little crazy as well. The isobaric bass and the rest of the horn was surprisingly coherent, something that surprised me. I did hear them in a properly set up home environment and found them wonderful, much better than at the show.
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.
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