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Paradigm Reference Studio 100v2. anybody listening?

Looking for advice. Not getting the low end that I feel the 100v2 are capable of. Where am I going wrong? Syztem has tons of clean volume, soundstage. Here is what Im working with: 
Sudiotech stand, shelves are spiked, CD player is on Nordost Pulsar Points, and a Gutwire Note Pad rests on the transport. 
Nordost Shiva power core cor CD player
CD player - Rotel RDC991AE BALANCED 
Straigtwire Crescendo balanced 
PREAMP - CLASSE CP35 balanced 
Audioquest Cheetah balanced 
AMPLIFIER - Mark Levinson no 334 balanced 
Audioquest Gibralter  single biwire 8'
Paradigm Reference studio 100v2 on spikes
The system sounds lean. Anyone have an ideas?
Regards 
Nutty

nutty
garyagostini
28 posts
 
Ive had a few different paradigm speakers they all seem to benefit from heavier gauge wire .I use 9 awg It seems to sound a little cleaner and deeper. Im looking into a pair of 100 v-1s. Do you know of any minor or major differences between the  100v-1s to the 100v-2s? 

nutty OP
2,907 posts
 
I don't have any experience with the v1. Speaker. I can tell you that there is a "huge" difference between the v2. and v3. My friend has the v3. Driving them with a Rotel 1070 amp, NAD preamp and an Arcam diva cd93t. ($1800.00 cd player) his v3' have much greater low end, better all around sound.

The newer version has tons of newer tech. Thinner profile, curved cabinet, 3 woofers and a newer midrange with a phase plug. Crossover parts are probably better also. Paradigm seems to better themselves, in my opinion on every model change. 

By the way, what type of speaker wire did you have success with on the Paradigm speakers? 
Thanks!
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garyagostini
28 posts
 
Thanks,  I used rogue audio 9 gauge cables I bought from eBay. Its actually a Bi wire cable with the separate wires totaling 9 and I put them both on the same post. But 10 gauge normal speaker wire works fine. For me there is noticeable difference over the 12 gauge.
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