LOL sorry to laugh Geoffcin, not laughing at you, but even this thread has been hijacked.
It happens all too often but is part of the human equation.
If one were to be hard core all posts not on topic could be removed but what a pain in the ass that would be for the mod and the backlash would be worse than we see now.

To add to the hijacking I am a Paradigm fan because of the sound and how that sound affects my hearing experience but truth be told I have very, very few speakers to compare them to. Perhaps if I had a wider variety of speakers, B+W, etc. to compare/contrast I would choose a different brand but I don't so I chose what sounded best to me, and what I could afford, from the selection available.