Quote Originally Posted by Geoffcin
On what they are willing to go with. I'm not privy to Paradigms business model.

After reading a post by Woochifer though, it seems that by reading the timeline that the Sig Series might have had tech developed for it that was so good they decided to incorperate it into thier other models before the Sig went to market. I would praise Paradigm for this, as it looks like they came up with some winning tech and rushed into the more affordable line. Either way it looks like these subs are pushing the bar ever higher. That's good for all of us.

Wait a sec. Paradigm revises and makes slight improvements upon the studio line, puts it in fancier cabinets to make the signature line at double the price. Some of this revised tech (redesigned sub driver) ends up in the studio line at a premium price, because few people wanted to put up the inflated prices of the signature line (sig servo).

I think wooch made the point that the sig series are basically hyped up studio revisions...not to be confused with a new line pushing the envelope and bringing new technology to a price point where it didn't previously exist.

Certainly the signature series pushes the performance envelope of the paradigm cataloge, but it hasn't helped the price/performance ratio for paradigm or for the studio series specifically.

It seems that they were basically trying to expand their product line to a higher end (dollar wise) market they had not yet tapped into. This seems to have been more of a marketing driven goal than an engineering/performance driven one.

If you aren't aware I own some studio40 v.2's that I really like. Am I biased, sure. But, from my point of view the paradigm studio series is very competitive in it's price range against many other manufacturers. When you get into the signature series price range, there are a many other alternatives to paradigm that deserve consideration.