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
Mapman, I've been involved with some field-coil driver design exercises in the last few years. It is true that you get greater efficiency with field coils, but if so it will only be by 1 or 2 db. The main thing that governs efficiency is precision gaps with focused magnetic fields.

What field coil offers is a magnetic field that won't sag, something that no permanent magnet can claim. Its like the electro-static principle in that regard. IOW I would not look to this approach so much for greater efficiency as I would as a way to make the driver faster and more transparent.
Since I got my horns I have purchased a couple of cars and another rental property. So that's the kind of thing you buy after you own horns because you are done worrying about audio at that point.

I'm currently wondering if I really need a smart phone.
My Lascala's have been with me longer than any other speakers and / or gear for my main listening room. Other things have come and gone, but they have proven the test of time, and, enjoyment.
Macrojack,
Come back in a year or so...if you've stopped, 'Forever' (chasing the Holy Grail), we'll believe you.
A 'Pause' is not like quitting...my Dad, (God Rest His Soul) used to say, 'I can stop smoking Larry, I've done it a dozen times.' Somehow, I think that applies here.
The jury's still out just yet.

Good listening,
Larry