Kex

Agreed that the C9's build quality is not nearly as good as the paradigms nor does it look as good - but the 100V3 sonically is to me pretty terrible for a speaker that in Canada after taxes will run $3,000.00+ I'm sorry but a hollow sounding nasal dynamically inept speaker with laid back top end that sounds out of place with the woofers can be had for a lot less money. Or for significanlty less money you can buy the better sounding quality and quantity - and what looks to be better build 100V2 for a heckuva lot less money than this overpriced model. The monitor series while i'm not a big fan of either - has a counterpart in the 9 and 11 that for about 1/3 the price would have me taking a step back. The studio series is not better enough IMO to justify paying double and a half the price for. Simply because if i'm going to pay double and half the monitor series then I would want good speakers - the Studio 100V3 is not IMO a good speaker for $2700+tax - it would be a good speaker for about $300.00Cdn more than the Monitor series).