B&W 602 S3 vs. PARADIGM STUDIO 20 V3

[RGA]

Well you gottal love opinions because I agree with the others' suggestion - the 600 series in terms of PRICE should probably be compared to the Monitor Line -- but IMO in terms of performance should be compared to the Studio series. I prefer the B&W 602S3 to the Studio 20V3 (have not heard the 40V3) and I would take the 604S3 over the Studio 100V3. The B&W CM line is more expensive and worse IMO than both of these lines.

But I stress that opinion you will read all over the place including magazines -- until you actually hear them both in the same room witheither the same gear or complimentary gear (I have done this with these two companies) then all of it means little. And your dealer may have a better speaker for less money than the one's you went in considering in the first place -- that happened to me and I ended up taking a left turn from the initial plan and found some companies I liked better that I had never heard of. That's why it's nice to go to a dealer that carries at least 8-9 different speaker lines of different design. You never know what will crop up.

[Woochifer]

Well you gottal love opinions because I agree with the others' suggestion - the 600 series in terms of PRICE should probably be compared to the Monitor Line -- but IMO in terms of performance should be compared to the Studio series. I prefer the B&W 602S3 to the Studio 20V3 (have not heard the 40V3) and I would take the 604S3 over the Studio 100V3. The B&W CM line is more expensive and worse IMO than both of these lines.

And from what you've stated previously, your listening of the Studio 20 v.3 was a brief one at a mall store, with no comparison listenings with the 602S3. Hardly an adequate basis from which to draw conclusive preferences for one speaker over another. The only speaker in the Studio v.3 series that you have listened to extensively is the Studio 100 v.3, which is not the topic of discussion on this thread.

[paul_pci]

Well you gottal love opinions because I agree with the others' suggestion - the 600 series in terms of PRICE should probably be compared to the Monitor Line -- but IMO in terms of performance should be compared to the Studio series. I prefer the B&W 602S3 to the Studio 20V3 (have not heard the 40V3) and I would take the 604S3 over the Studio 100V3. The B&W CM line is more expensive and worse IMO than both of these lines.
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That's what I was trying to say.