Want to Upgrade Speakers from Paradigm
upgrade the crossovers Upgrade the crossovers Upgrade the crossovers There’s probably no better way to increase the quality over that of a personally owned set of paradigms, than to upgrade the crossovers of the personally owned pair of Paradigms. For me, someone who literally has all the parts around me to do so... I could be done in less than an hour. Yes, I know what the crossover looks like, it’s right here in these images..and it does need an upgrade. Eg, small film bypass caps across the electrolytics and possibly replacement of the smaller valued ones, with all film types. http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/paradigm/1.html They look like some of the last ones that Najeeb designed, before he left Paradigm. (did a few shows with him) He was their chief designer for 9.5 years. |
I live in a small house with an open floor plan where the kitchen, dining and living room are one big room. The stereo is tucked away in a corner at the end of the kitchen cabs. The speakers are only 4'-6" apart on tile floors. The dining table is directly in front of the stereo area. There is a solid slab of marble on the same backwall which is the kitchen backsplash and ends right before the speakers. The room has vaulted ceilings, like a tent. A pretty horrible acoustic situation. I listen mostly at lower volumes (until the wife leaves the house) and at low volumes I miss out on bass and nice details. Really not sure what I would want to improve. |
^^^OMG you could NOT have a worse miss match IMO than hard acoustics & Paradigm speakers... If I were you I would 1: keep the speakers & get a REALLY good headphone system for low volume listening.. 2:Change whatever amp you have to a Sugden A21SE & get a pair of Fritz Carbon 7SE or whatever his latest version is...I just spent 2 WONDERFUL weeks with the A21Signature version(22wpc.) & am now converted away from tubes to Pure Class A Single Ended SS...What sold me most was LOW Volume listening,simply amazing...The Carbon 7SE's are a darkish,very warm signature speaker,it will lighten up in your acoustics & truly shine with the Sugden... |
So I've been reading up on your amplifier.On paper it should provide excellent low volume listening..One thing comes to mind is that it's distortion levels are non existent & the amp may come off as very dry sounding,which is not a good match either with the Paradigms,add in the hard acoustics & IMO you have a sonic disaster.With your DAC/Amp & Acoustics I would really really look at something like the Fritz or something from Sonus Faber..You certainly need a speaker on the rich/warm side of neutral in your situation... |
