I don't consider myself an audiophile, but even I believe I didn't spend enough time auditioning speakers when I made my purchases. I just couldn't wait any longer, and I'm still very happy with my decision. The two shops I spent most of my time in were very accommodating and let me sit and "soak" it all in. My decision was slightly complicated by the fact that these were for a dual task rig for music and HT purposes, and I had a Paradigm CC-270 center that I bought with very little auditioning, but wanted to match. I even brought my center in for comparisons.
At any rate, I ended up with Paradigm Monitor 7 floorstanders v4. For my novice ears, they do good justice to good music, while having good range for movies. They're certainly good enough that I can find faults I hadn't previously heard and breath life into music where I never realized I was missing anything. The Studio 20 bookshelves would have been just $100 or so more. My uncle has those, and they sound absolutely fantastic. Besides the fact that I really wanted floorstanders (looks + cats + curious newborn), they were just out of my budget and I decided the 7s would be better for movies. My amp for my sub died 6 months ago, and even I often forget it's missing at times (music has always sounded better without it). But, the 20's are certainly worth looking into if you can afford it. My uncle's are on his dedicated 2 channel rig, without a sub, and he LOVES it. FYI, I'm running a Yamaha RX-V1300 behind those towers. -- GlennT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GlennT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10243 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37143 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
