Paradigm and Revel

I've been a Paradigm fan since 1998 when they came out with the Studio 100s.  By the way, I still have them looking for a local sale. I now have a set of Paradigm Signature S6v3 and Studios 20v5 in a 5.1 setup, and revel F208 in a 2.0 setup.  I compared both the S6v3 and F208 in a 2.0 setup with same electronics and they both sound great.  But if I had to keep one and sell the other, regardless of price, I would keep the F208s. They are that good.  At some point I may sell the S6v3/20v5 and get the F206/M106 for my 5.1 setup.

bob_reynolds, I surely am not as technically knowledgeable as many here so my question is how come some great speakers like the Harbeth 30.1 and the Magico S1 MkII sound so great? Is it the enclosure and crossover expertise? Also, if drivers dedicated to a narrower frequency band are best, how come it's not more prevalent to have speakers with numerous drivers? Packaging, crossovers? 

Last, how the heck do you use the quote function here? 

bob Reynolds: I totally agree that a sub can greatly improve overall bass quality even with large speakers due to room issues. I use an awesome sub with main speakers that no one would think would be used with a sub. The key is to hear great bass but no sub.

Isn’t the term "hater" a bit of an immature simplification? I owned Revel M106 speakers since they first came out, replacing PSBs. I was enamored with their smoothness and coherence. Got the itch to upgrade after a year, looking for a bigger and more exciting sound. Listened to the 206s and 208s but just wasn’t satisfied, they sounded like bigger 106s, but not that much different except for of course the better low end response. In a word, for me, they were boring. A friend had 208s as well, and I listed at his house with a very different electronics setup, but it was still the same. He also felt they were a bit of a bore to listen to. I listened to many speakers and settled on ATCs. Before the Revels my friend had Paradigms and found them a bit bright as well, but he is somewhat sensitive to brightness, and certainly system matching makes a difference. Nonetheless Paradigm makes very good speakers. My friend ended up going from the 208s to Focal Sopras. Huge difference, for the better. However, just to be clear, they are all fine speakers if they fit your tastes and are a good system match.