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Paradigm Persona series

I'm beginning to poke around and gather opinions and information about a "super speaker" to replace my aging Thiel 2.4s.  I like the idea of bass dsp room correction and I am a bit of a point source type imaging nut (thus the Thiels).  So among other choices I've been looking at the Paradigm Persona series specifically the powered 9H with room correction for the bass.  However I'm skeptical of the "lenses" i.e. pierced metal covers on the midrange and tweeter specifically because of Paradigm's claim that such screens "screen out" "out of phase" musical information.  The technology in the design seems superlative but I just can't get past the claim re out of phase information and the midrange and tweeter covers.  What could possibly be the science behind this claim?  It just seems like its putting a halloween moustache on the mona lisa given the fact that the company is generally a technology driven company.
pwhinson
p59teitel
314 posts
 
I really wish bo1972 would find this thread. Then we could have a steel cage death match between Tru-Fi and Persona.
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gpgr4blu
1,096 posts
 
Audiotroy sells again. He just can’t help it. Like the tale of the scorpion and the frog---it’s in his nature.
When I first heard the Persona 9Hs at the NY audio show a few years ago, I thought they were good for the $ but a bit on the bright side. When I heard them again at a dealer, I heard the same thing. I posted my conclusions here on Audiogon. I stand by them. And since I know how to accessorize (with cabling especially), I believe they could be tamed.
But taming they do require.
greginnh
382 posts
 
@gpgr4blu - I know you said that you heard Persona 9H at your dealer.  The problem is that you did not hear them at Audio Doctor NJ.  According to Audiotroy, it is a magical place that possess special powers (perhaps brought to him from extraterrestrials), coupled with his infinite and vastly superior knowledge of all things audio, to provide you with an auditory experience second to none - in fact, far exceeding the design expectations, voicing and performance contemplated by the brands he represents.  LOL! 
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