The Pads will depend of the room acoustic and associated equipment, be prepared to experiement.

The last pair I heard in captivity were John Nebel's in Colorado.
Nectar to my ears. If you have a nice vinyl set up you are in for a treat.

I am continually surprise by the resolving power of my 4345 4 way's with a good MC cartridge, they are wasted on CD imho.

If you are serious, consider upgrade the compression driver diaphragm.

The classic 4 way demands the highest amplification you can afford, bi amp if you can. UK HIFI World reviewed the 4343 as the B&W801 answer for Jazz and Rock.

On first listening, if you are used to the classic JBL 2 ways they tend to sound critical and analytical on some program sources, but thats the price of accuracy.

Ian