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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
mrdecibel
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Renmeister, You have been away so long, and I am so sorry. I was obviously part of it all. I do believe help is still here if you want it, whatever direction you go, and not just by me.... You are welcome to email me if you prefer privacy. Always, MrDecibel
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dalecrommie
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Volti Audio Vittoras....These All Horn Loudspeakers 'do integrate' as they are all horn loudspeakers. The cello is a cello with these. Exceeding smooth, not detailed for the sake of being detailed like so many loudspeakers. Ultimately satisfying.
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dalecrommie
91 posts
 
Volti Audio Vittoras....These All Horn Loudspeakers 'do integrate' as they are all horn loudspeakers. The cello is a cello with these. Exceeding smooth, not detailed for the sake of being detailed like so many loudspeakers. Ultimately satisfying.
tbg
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Dalecrommie, thanks for the heads up. I had never heard of these. I still fondly remember Klipschorns, but I must say that I was only happy with the corner horns.
mrdecibel
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The Volti speakers use a cabinet design quite similar to the Klipsch Lascala, particularly the doghouse portion(the bass horn). I think they are great alternative to the Lascala II, at not much more money(although I have not heard a pair). But what I have read about them is very alluring .I find excellent coherence between all 3 drivers in the Lascala(after cabinet mods)(and Khorn), and because of the non corner placement requirements, as of the Khorn, they are more versatile. Granted, I have heard some excellent Khorn/room set ups which were wonderful sounding, but corner positioning led to other issues, which with some work, can be overcome. I am not touting them to be the best, but at the price points, with some tweaking, even for the new ones, they do more good than bad, and are still competitive with others today. I would like to listen to a pair of the Volti's in the near future.
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