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    Question new paradigm monitor ?

    we just got paradign dealer in our country, i was wondering how is thr new monitor series, v5???
    ive read reviews on old ones, they were queite mixed, wt abt new ones? im more interested in monitor9/11 with cc290/390
    can anyone tell me the expected prices on these new models? i will be callin the dealer soon, and any reviews if possible

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    Pretty soon, there will be a Paradigm store within a Paradigm store...

    If you can tell us where you live, someone maybe able to tell ya how much they cost in that particular country,

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    will get the prices in a day or 2, but auditioning them will be hard, so any reviews? for home theatre basically

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    I have the monitor 9 v 2. Which has hard hitting bass wide beam of sound, but the highs are smoothed over, which was not to my liking with guitar rock. So when auditioning the new line listen to the highs and see if they meet your criteria for you type of music. Monitor 9's should be around $1000 cdn.
    I haven't heard the 11's but guess the bass will be punchy but more articulate and better mid-range then the 9's and should sell for around $1200 cdn. Which one to get would depend on your music preference and budget.
    The monitor 5's would be much like the monitor 7's I use to own. Which had punchy bass and slightly more forward than the 9's. If hard hitting bass is what you want then the 9's is a better choice over the 5's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wireworm5
    I have the monitor 9 v 2. Which has hard hitting bass wide beam of sound, but the highs are smoothed over, which was not to my liking with guitar rock. So when auditioning the new line listen to the highs and see if they meet your criteria for you type of music. Monitor 9's should be around $1000 cdn.
    I haven't heard the 11's but guess the bass will be punchy but more articulate and better mid-range then the 9's and should sell for around $1200 cdn. Which one to get would depend on your music preference and budget.
    The monitor 5's would be much like the monitor 7's I use to own. Which had punchy bass and slightly more forward than the 9's. If hard hitting bass is what you want then the 9's is a better choice over the 5's.
    I auditioned a pair of 2,000$ bookshelves from this brand and they were absolutely
    the worst crap I have ever heard, no imaging, depth, or spatiality.
    But then again the guy was playing RANDY TRAVIS
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    having thoughts over

    paradigm monitor v5
    polk audio RTi
    PSB image series ( G would be pricey )

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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    I auditioned a pair of 2,000$ bookshelves from this brand and they were absolutely
    the worst crap I have ever heard, no imaging, depth, or spatiality.
    But then again the guy was playing RANDY TRAVIS
    So you listened to 1 CD by Randy Travis on a set of $2000 Paradigm speakers (model withheld) and determined they were the worst crap you ever heard?

    LOL. Where do you come up with this stuff?

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    psb t55 > polk rti10 > paradign monitor 9 my take so far from reviews

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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    I auditioned a pair of 2,000$ bookshelves from this brand and they were absolutely
    the worst crap I have ever heard, no imaging, depth, or spatiality.
    But then again the guy was playing RANDY TRAVIS

    In all my years in this hobby, I have only heard one, just one, properly set up and synergized pair of speakers in a dealer showroom. That happened to be the $800ish Paradigm Studio 20's coupled with an Arcam integrated and Music Hall 2.1 turntable playing a 45rpm audiophile pressing of Miles Davis. Properly set up that rig was a giant slayer. It is all in the set up.
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    I have a pair of Monitor 7v3 being pushed by a Marantz. These speakers have great imaging...they just sound great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kexodusc
    So you listened to 1 CD by Randy Travis on a set of $2000 Paradigm speakers (model withheld) and determined they were the worst crap you ever heard?

    LOL. Where do you come up with this stuff?
    Some people have NO sense of humour whatsoever.
    I spent five hours on a couch in one of the better high end shops in birmingham ala, a small affair run by an authorized macintosh service agent who has been in the business
    since the fifties.
    I tried everything I could to get a decent sound out of these things (they were being run by integra gear)
    I thought that after all of these years the poor guys hearing was going out.
    It was like being in a museam, you wouldnt beleive some of the gear this guy had just sitting around, mac, luxman, etc.
    But the enjoyment didnt kick in until he hooked up a pair of nautilus floorstanders
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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    Some people have NO sense of humour whatsoever.
    I spent five hours on a couch in one of the better high end shops in birmingham ala, a small affair run by an authorized macintosh service agent who has been in the business
    since the fifties.
    I tried everything I could to get a decent sound out of these things (they were being run by integra gear)
    I thought that after all of these years the poor guys hearing was going out.
    It was like being in a museam, you wouldnt beleive some of the gear this guy had just sitting around, mac, luxman, etc.
    But the enjoyment didnt kick in until he hooked up a pair of nautilus floorstanders
    So you spent 5 hours on a couch listening to Randy Travis. Damn. You're a sucker for punishment. If I couldn't like a speaker after maybe 5, even 10 minutes, I'd move on. Bravo for sittinger there for 5 hours listening to speakers you don't like.
    No, really, I believe you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kexodusc
    So you spent 5 hours on a couch listening to Randy Travis. Damn. You're a sucker for punishment. If I couldn't like a speaker after maybe 5, even 10 minutes, I'd move on. Bravo for sittinger there for 5 hours listening to speakers you don't like.
    No, really, I believe you.
    IT WAS two hours, it just FELT like five hours.
    (fell for that one)
    And randy was just the first disc, a concert disc he had.
    Then I pulled my stuff out, the linda rondstat/ neville collaboration, Rickie Lee Jones,
    some stuff from sheffield labs, and of course "kinda blue", one of if not the best
    album ever.
    And then my special masters edition of Getz and gilberto, which really started the bossanova craze, and of course dark side of the moon(gotta have that one)
    And joyce cooling, bob james, lee ritttenoir, Sade, bethoven, strauss waltzes....


    AND THEY STILL STANK.
    Just another makework project for the Canadian timber industry
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    Quote Originally Posted by kexodusc
    So you listened to 1 CD by Randy Travis on a set of $2000 Paradigm speakers (model withheld) and determined they were the worst crap you ever heard?

    LOL. Where do you come up with this stuff?
    I don't think you really want to know the answer to that...in some strange way I actually think he believes his own garbage. It is interesting that nothing was mentioned in the initial post about this lengthy auditioning process on (model withheld) Paradigm speakers. It was only after you busted him about Randy Travis that...now it became a more thorough listening with all sorts of demo discs. If it sounded so bad why would anyone sit there for so long and endure this? Hmmmm. Oh I know...it didn't really happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeruvianSkies
    I don't think you really want to know the answer to that...in some strange way I actually think he believes his own garbage. It is interesting that nothing was mentioned in the initial post about this lengthy auditioning process on (model withheld) Paradigm speakers. It was only after you busted him about Randy Travis that...now it became a more thorough listening with all sorts of demo discs. If it sounded so bad why would anyone sit there for so long and endure this? Hmmmm. Oh I know...it didn't really happen.
    You know I am really getting tired of you. After cashing in a 20,000 $ 401k I was going to treat myself to some new speakers, and had heard such glowing reports on them, and here was a local audio legend selling them , which added somewhat to their credibility
    So I tried and tried but NOTHING would get anything aproximating music out of the MDF BOXES.
    And is this really a forum where calling another a liar tolerated?
    I have read several of your posts with their fuzzy logic and faulty reasoning processes,
    assuming that most think like you (they dont) and thats fine, babble on all you want
    about "choosing" between two different things (audio and video) and how great your microscopic 30in tv is but keep you insults and character assinations to yourself,
    you rude little boy, I have no patience for such crap

    And do you really think two hours is a long time to audition speakers? Explaines a lot
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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    You know I am really getting tired of you. After cashing in a 20,000 $ 401k I was going to treat myself to some new speakers, and had heard such glowing reports on them, and here was a local audio legend selling them , which added somewhat to their credibility
    So I tried and tried but NOTHING would get anything aproximating music out of the MDF BOXES.
    And is this really a forum where calling another a liar tolerated?
    I have read several of your posts with their fuzzy logic and faulty reasoning processes,
    assuming that most think like you (they dont) and thats fine, babble on all you want
    about "choosing" between two different things (audio and video) and how great your microscopic 30in tv is but keep you insults and character assinations to yourself,
    you rude little boy, I have no patience for such crap

    And do you really think two hours is a long time to audition speakers? Explaines a lot
    Chances are the boxes weren't MDF - they use the same cheap particle board in your speakers.
    As for PS, I'll give him one thing - he doesn't tell his stories on the fly.

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    OH Gawd! I've gone blind! Someone please, shoot me now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GMichael
    OH Gawd! I've gone blind! Someone please, shoot me now.

    I got totally confused! For a second I thought this was one of my "other" forums.

    I wasn't at all believing Pixelthis at first, but then he said he was going to spend 401k money on speakers. That totally gives him credibility in my book. The granny porn was just bonus.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kexodusc
    Chances are the boxes weren't MDF - they use the same cheap particle board in your speakers.
    As for PS, I'll give him one thing - he doesn't tell his stories on the fly.
    B& W is made out of cheap particle board (I have a pair of 602s2's, a CC3 center,
    and dm305 floorstanders for sats)
    And a asw2500 that needs a new plate Amp.
    These were my older speakers that I traded my newer speakers to a friend for .
    The titanium tweeters on the Klipsches just werent working out
    Marry in haste repent in leisure, that is also true for speakers, in my small town they are the devil to sell, you need to make sure that they are the right ones for you.
    And hey Kex, just because you build your high school project speakers out of particleboard doesnt mean everybody does.
    Although that would be an improvement on the paradox er paradigm whatevers, I beleive they were made out of CARDBOARD
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    Quote Originally Posted by SlumpBuster
    I got totally confused! For a second I thought this was one of my "other" forums.

    I wasn't at all believing Pixelthis at first, but then he said he was going to spend 401k money on speakers. That totally gives him credibility in my book. The granny porn was just bonus.
    WHAT IS SO HARD TO BELEIVE about someone buying a set of darn speakers?
    And that wasnt even my best speaker shopping story.
    We had a guy in town, took care of the family business, a furniture store, but his love was audio.
    So he sold high end (or mid end rather) out of the second story of his family business.
    He was also in charge of the local music festival, cityfest.
    BB King was a hero of sorts for him, and the best momet of his life was meeting him when he signed him on for our little festival
    we sat in comfortable chairs for several hours and listened to B&W 602s2 speakers , playing music from an adcom amp and CD player, something we did on several occasions,
    but this time he was telling me about meeting "the king" as he called him.
    I wound up buying those speakers, should have never got rid of them.
    My friend loved B&W, as do I, broke his heart when he lost his francise.
    And cashing in a 401k is the only time I am ever able to buy ANYTHING
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    errr

    hmm no reviews on psb image series
    getting t65 for 1250$
    c60 for 550$
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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    WHAT IS SO HARD TO BELEIVE about someone buying a set of darn speakers?
    He refers to a deleted post that was totally unrelated to this thread.

    rw

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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelthis
    WHAT IS SO HARD TO BELEIVE about someone buying a set of darn speakers?

    And cashing in a 401k is the only time I am ever able to buy ANYTHING
    I don't have a hard time believing you wanted to buy some speakers. I just think using retirement savings is a bad way to pay for them. I was assuming that you were referring to an early "cash out." Perhaps that was an erroneous assumption. If you are below the required age and absorbing the tax penalty, then that would be foolish way to buy speakers. 401k money is generally not though of as a way to finance luxury goods like $2000 speakers, especially when you would never be able to buy them otherwise.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SlumpBuster
    I don't have a hard time believing you wanted to buy some speakers. I just think using retirement savings is a bad way to pay for them. I was assuming that you were referring to an early "cash out." Perhaps that was an erroneous assumption. If you are below the required age and absorbing the tax penalty, then that would be foolish way to buy speakers. 401k money is generally not though of as a way to finance luxury goods like $2000 speakers, especially when you would never be able to buy them otherwise.
    I didnt cash in my 401k to buy speakers, I cashed it in to pay bills.
    After a job change I was making 4 bucks an hour less, cashing in my 401k was the only option really.
    And while in a neighboring town taking training classes I dropped by likis audio
    in Birmingham, figuring after all of the crap I'd been through I deserved a little treat,
    and I had heard so much about these speakers, and I had a brochure, and I SO
    wanted to like em.
    And they sounded like crap, NOT JUST CRAP, BUT BAD CRAP
    One of the biggest disapointments in audio that I had ever had.
    I thought, "mayby its the blasted randy travis album he's playing", but nothing
    sounded good on these speakers.
    Anyway I wound up with a complete set of klipsch for 300 less that these two speakers,
    and a 37in tv, and a hugh tax bill from uncle sugar
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    Quote Originally Posted by GMichael
    OH Gawd! I've gone blind! Someone please, shoot me now.
    A man's got to do his duty, you know like for queen and country. James Bond though has never stooped so low. Maybe in his next movie?

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