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Looking for my Final Pair!!

Been through the high end maelstrom for over 30 years and although I have enjoyed the ride, I desperately want to find speakers that exude dynamics, tone and presence.  I want to be transported to the Village Vanguard where The John Coltrane Quartet are performing any night I desire.  I want to feel the timbre of his sax 🎷. When I close my eyes I want to be enveloped by the atmosphere of the space and awash with the impact and emotion being expressed by the musicians.  I don’t want to hear what the engineers hear after they mix a recording...I want to be in the studio when the tracks are being laid down!  So far, Tannoy Heritage Arden have come to my attention, Klipsch Cornwall IV’s, JBL S4700’s or perhaps Spatial Audio X3’s?  Help
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ditusa
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@dave_b, 
I've never heard the JBL4429's so I have no opinion on their sound quality. That said, IMHO nothing breaths life into music like a15'' woofer so I agree the Cornwall's are in another league then the JBL 4429's. Happy listening! Mike
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Agreed:)
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The BAT VK80i arrives Wednesday 🥸
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Researched instruments frequency fundamentals and upper harmonics...they fall off before 20khz.  Yeah, not missing anything but artificial additives beyond that!
james633
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The whole talk of upper frequencies is comical. I am 40 and can’t hear anything above 15khz. I am far more careful with my hearing (as I am sure many of us are) than the average person too. It is just the nature of the beast. 
I think most people should get a real hearing test. They might be shocked at what they can or more likely can’t hear. 
It is more likely that breakup modes of the drivers creep into lower frequencies that we can hear but that is not related to horns but the drivers them selves. A compression drivers should have a higher break up node as the driver is moving less distance for the same SPL. 
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