[QUOTE=Jimmy C]...I don't feel that the tweeter is the problem, I would put the blame more on (uh, huh huh huh... I said "moron") what the midrange does on top. Having owned these for years, I feel "glare" is more of a problem than "bright" or "hot". As a matter of fact, I find my 60s a bit dark overall... not very open or resolving. Most people base their opinion from a store demo - they ususally don't work out too well. Off the top of my head, I can think of a half-dozen (more, actually) stores that carry Paradigm in our area, say, within 20 miles. Only one of them, IMO, sounds like a good demo. Are their tweeters the best on the planet? Err, no. But, I feel the speakers sound better than many give credit for. Yeah, they can thin out on crappy recordings, but so can all transducers.

I feel they are a good, solid $1K speaker that possess tradeoffs, some of which you might not be able to live with, others will feel the strenghts outweigh the negatives. Anyone who dismisses them based upon a "bright" tweeter hasn't heard them at full potential, period.

I mean, I was at Harvey's in Greenvale, listening to the Sonus Faber Cremonas, priced at $7500. THAT was an awful experience... bright, congested, blarring... you name it, they sounded like poop. It was literally and honestly w-a-y worse than the Insignias sound...lol... kid you not. Does that mean it's a terrible speaker? No, it means the idiots there don't know how to do a demo. Or, as it was, turn the volume knob down a bit! The Concertos in the next room sounded MUCH better.

I know, I want to go into the City to check out some of the "big boys". Then again, from what I hear, maybe not :*) I'm not made of money, and I certainly would want to be treated the same way whether I was or not. Actually, I'm certainly not referring to all of them, just one :*)

That, plus after busting my azz at work, I'm flat-out too lazy...lol. I'm a homebody - listen to music, watch TV, cook, BBQ with friends, a show once in a while at the Beach... that's enough for me. I'll leave the traffic in NYC (as well as the other end - Southampton) to all that MUST to go there...[/QUOTE

Interesting about the midrange isssue you mentioned on the 60S.There's simply no doubt in my mind that the FST midrange on my 703's was the harshness problem.The tube loaded nautilus alloy dome tweeter was actually a nice tweeter but the mids on this speaker were excruciating in my room with vocals being so in your face that listening fatigue doesn't even begin to explain it.The scary thing is my equipment and cables are very respectable so I shouldn't need the "perfect" speaker to have a nice sound.While that would be great I don't think it should be mandatory for a system to sound somewhat pleasing.Oh well I'm 703 bashing again but the strange thing is I think B&W's 600 series at less than 1/2 the price of the 700 series are very respectable.I could have originally bought the 603's and saved about $1,700 and a lot of heartache.Live and Learn.Your comment about the Sonus Faber speakers vs the Insignias was hysterical even though I know it wasn't intended to be.Once I have the 22L's broken in I'll check in again.