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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
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benzman
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Little info on the Genesis room correction upgrade from Paradigm

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e6oesnfjax4gxm2/ARC%20GENESIS%20DECK%2001292019.pdf?dl=0
yyzsantabarbara
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@nitewulf I need to go with the 3F because my room is small. The 3F is boarding on being a little too big itself but acoustic treatments and ANTHEM STR preamp with ARC3 should save the day. However, most of my listening is at moderate to low levels so I maybe worrying about nothing.

@benzman Interesting take on the Audience cables. I have that for my current system. Maybe I need to move the cables to the bedroom with the current office speakers. Thanks for the heads up, I am going to look into compatible wires later.
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audiotroy
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Benzeman, great to hear, it is nice to have pro Persona guys on these posts rather than the naysayers who have never heard a set of the Paradigm's setup correctly with the right gear.

As we keep on saying, you have to inject some warmth into the system to get the speakers to sound more enjoyable, they are very clean loudspeakers so a bit of euphonic coloration somewhere in the chain makes them work really well.

Hence our prefered electronics T+A, Krell, Naim all tend to sound rich, the Aqua Digital is rich, and the Light Harmonic Davinci is lush but with good detail. 

When paired with the right gear the little 3F sound more like a $20k set of speakers then a $10k one, put some isoacoustics footers on em and watch em fly!

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Paradigm dealers
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ctsooner
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Dave, you honestly need to stop with saying folks aren't listening to these in systems not set up properly etc...  That's just a false statement. I have heard these in numerous systems with excellent electronics etc... and that includes YOUR house/store!  They are a bright speaker, but as I've said, many love that.  

There's plenty of room for all, but please stop it already.  They are not easy to match up at all.  Reality and not a knock on them.
ricred1
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ctsooner,
I agree with your post. I’ve listened to Paradigm 7Fs and didn’t care for them, but I can understand why some may love them. I just think it’s silly for Dave to keep repeating how Paradigm’s benefit from the "right" components being connected to them. All speakers benefit from the "right" components being connected to them.
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