Originally Posted by
johnlcnm
Ian. One thing for sure, I was a little rash about a replacement crossover for the 4429 as it has a constant directivity horn. Definitely needs the dome mass dominance compensation circuitry of the 4425. Would not want to deal with that design in the world of the charge coupling designs. I have moments of great listening sessions with the 4429s. They will play loud with very low perceived distortion. With well recorded music, i.e. Chesky recordings and others they sound very good. They do exhibit their best imaging with the mid horns faced so their cutoff is the middle of my head . In other words, no cross talk to the outside ear. I received a CD from PS Audio today, "Mini Brazilian Beasts". It is obvious this recording was mixed on very similar monitors as the 4429s. Sounds really well recorded and mixed on them. Great dynamics, no excess bass, and realistic sounding instruments.