Blown away with 2 speakers hifi sound!


   I upgraded my CD player and the sound I am getting from Paradigm Studio 20 speakers is truly amazing! The sound is liquid and transparent magic...I never heard them sound so good. In fact, I find myself not listening to music but to the sound of speakers, if you know what I mean. Audiophiles should be able to relate to this...

   I am starting to believe the company's bold statement about Paradigm shift speakers with in the price range - haha

   Another speaker I am in love with is Martin Logan Motion 35XT with exotic tweeter that has pleasant transparent magic...The sound is as a whole is also liquid so Hifi-ish. Try to hear them and most likely you too will agree that they are so good that you keep hearing speakers rather than concentrating on music, and they are way below $1000! I think they are a bargain in Hifi world these days.

   I hope readers of Audiogon will agree with my take on the 2 speakers and enjoy good quality for a few hundred $.

Happy listening...
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I upgraded my CD player and the sound I am getting from Paradigm Studio 20 speakers is truly amazing!

millercarbon said:
So you upgraded the CD player, and credit the sound to the speakers.

I agree. That is truly amazing.
heh. Its even funnier when you see it happen in real time. 
Well hopefully you like and enjoy the music as well as the performance of your speakers.  I will say when you actually hear a real high end set of speakers you will be amazed how much more livley and open the sound can be !!! I know the paradigm line and it is very good some of it I would recommend over bnws in the same price range but still fairly restricted in comparison to super high end stuff.  What kind of equipment are you using for amplification ?
   I have paired them with a few amps - Outlaw, Onkyo Integra M-504 power amp with NAD pre, Quad 405-2 with it's pre.

   I have $16,000 speakers as main, and was still blown away by the detail and pleasant transparency of tweeter, as well as hint of liquid sound of upscale piece...

   As many have pointed out, I do enjoy music more when I am also listening to hifi system - it's magic to me. Perhaps I phrased it wrong when I said I don't listen to music but speakers...sorry about that.

   Someone asked me about the CD player - it's actually an upscale Sony ES DVD/SACD changer NC555ES. I was streaming Amazon Music through my TV on an Outlaw receiver - the sound was nothing to write home about...I heard that Amazon is adding hi-resolution streaming upgrade - then it might be better. Can I add a DAC to through optical or HDMI out from TV to get better sound? Please enlighten me on this one, because I love streaming!

   When I added the Sony DVD/SACD player, the improvement was dramatic! I was so happy with what my speakers were capable of, so I found my self just enjoying the sound of my system...

   I have a nice turntable and SACD is very close to it's sound in detail...I am a believer in SACD and high resolution music files now.

   Thanks for asking and Happy thanksgiving everyone - happy listening to all...