I submit there is a difference between a dealer providing discounts and a company. I know dealers that discount prestigious brands, but I don't recall any prestigious brands announcing a discount on a current product.
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.
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I know that Gryphon will stop a dealer from selling their gear if they discount it. I know that most will only buy 'discounted' gear. In the end, that's what the real price of the gear is. 20% off gear is a lot for a company to give. It's very rare that any high end company to offer that type of discount from the company. What I have read you can trade in any speaker regardless of brand or size will get you 20%. That's 20% off the MSRP and to ME devalues the product. I"m happy for those who get great deals on audio. Enjoy the music!! :). |
OK, I’ve now tried to put into words my reaction to this speaker having lived with it in my own space for four days. Its a bit lengthy. I’ve measured the speaker in-room from here to kingdom come numerous different ways with pink noise and frequency sweeps and think I now have a good idea of how it sounds in MY ROOM. Your mileage may vary. I’ve put all my remarks in a pdf here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7j9fg6ladl2ttjw/Paradigm9hReview.pdf?dl=0 |
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