Paradigms new trick

[Ajani]

Wheres the link?

It's the grey "Paradigm" below the prices...

Here it is again:

Paradigm

My Monitor 7v3 cost about $700 back in 2002

So they've moved up to just $900 in the new series ($450x2 assuming the prices listed are per speaker)

[Ajani]

Another link to the prices from Canada HiFi this time:

Paradigm Monitor Series 7 Loudspeakers | CANADA HiFi Magazine

[YBArcam]

The new line holds a bit more promise given the size of the drivers - but we'll see. I hope they get away from anything resembling a long throw woofer.

Was able to hear the new Totems a couple of days ago. Couldn't stay long though. They were driven by a pair of Jadis monoblocks and they sounded amazing! Very life like, open, dynamic, clear, but with a nice sense of warmth.

Too much $$ for me though. I think the bookshelf goes for about $6,000. Maybe a similar speaker that's about half the price would be a pair of 3A de Capos. Just going by driver size and crossover design (no actual crossover, just a capacitor to protect the tweeter is used on both). If that's the sound that this kind of design can yield then I'm definitely interested.

[Jack in Wilmington]

Was able to hear the new Totems a couple of days ago. Couldn't stay long though. They were driven by a pair of Jadis monoblocks and they sounded amazing! Very life like, open, dynamic, clear, but with a nice sense of warmth.

Too much $$ for me though. I think the bookshelf goes for about $6,000. Maybe a similar speaker that's about half the price would be a pair of 3A de Capos. Just going by driver size and crossover design (no actual crossover, just a capacitor to protect the tweeter is used on both). If that's the sound that this kind of design can yield then I'm definitely interested.

Sounds like the Mani 2 Signature for the price. The 3A de capos are a really nice speaker at less than half the price.

[frenchmon]

It's the grey "Paradigm" below the prices...

Here it is again:

Paradigm




So they've moved up to just $900 in the new series ($450x2 assuming the prices listed are per speaker)

Just looked at my sells slip from 2002 for the Paradigm Monitor 7v3 which are much bigger than the most current Monitor 7's and they cost $650 including tax.

I have always used them in my home theater as the main fronts. About a week ago, I plugged them into the 2 channel system. Great sounding speaker... the Canton best them in the upper end because its more refined. But the Paradigms are just to big a sound for my two channel room even tho they sound great in a two channel application. This has me wondering about the studio series and the Signature series with the B tweeter. But stand mount. The last purchase I will make is speakers. I will put Paradigm studio and Signatures on the short list.

[harley .guy07]

Yeah I had monitor 7 V2's for quite a while and got them for a steel since I ran the shop in my home town that sold them so I paid cost for them and I ran them for quite a while and while the treble was overbearing and bright I replaced the tweeters with soft domes and that made a huge difference and I used them for a while longer but when I got my Dyn's I really heard what I was missing in the music as far as depth and detail especially in the midrange and the Dyn's while being smaller put out just as much bass with better detail. The monitor series Paradigms in every version I have heard are good for the money and make a really good pair for theater use for a dedicated two channel application I would recommend spending a little more and go up to a speaker that can deliver the musical goods that a true upper end speaker can give you. I still have a soft spot for Paradigm as a company because besides the cabinets I believe they still make all their own drivers and crossovers and they have some killer new subwoofers out now but I just think I have moved in a different direction from the "Paradigm" sound.

[2low2rl]

I'm sure these sound amazing

[starcolony]

I am a current owner of the previous model Atom monitors. I can't even imagine them able to improve the sound. That would be some trick. For their size they are amazing.

re:aesthetics

My Atoms look just fine to me. As long as I keep the speaker covers on. Removing the covers exposes a main speaker that looks more like something for marital enhancement than aural pleasure

I don't get why the speaker covers extend below the speaker case. I have to keep the Atoms slightly hanging over the edge of the shelf or the covers don't stay in place. Hopefully they have resolved this issue with the new models.


Cheers, TR