Upgrade for Paradigm Prestige 75F?

Its your speakers.  I’ve had a bunch of paradigms and feel the same way about as you do about all of them with the exception of the Sig 2 V.3’s.

I like revels Be stuff... they sound really nice!

BUT, I think you’d be happier with that laid back british sound.  Harbeth, spendor etc.  Dynaudio came to my mind as well.  I’ve always been a fan of Dynaudio and for me, they do the tone well.  I’m also a fan of seas excel and they have that laid back but detailed sound also.

Trying to audition some speakers would be smart, otherwise research research research, speakers that have that sound you are looking for, buy used and resell if you don’t like them.  I don’t see you disliking something like harbeth though...

Similar to b_limo I've owned Studio 100s versions 1 then 2s when I was auditioning, at home, their then recently released Signature 8s when I purchased a different brand that I've used ever since. Only then did I realize I had been listening to a speaker and not the music.

Converting your analog signal through digital signal processing or subjecting your digital signal to yet another digital conversion might be a Band-Aid but not a solution.

Listen for more of a point source that's difficult to differentiate the tweeter, midrange, or the woofer. Much less of a speaker, more musically cohesive. Good luck with your search.   

steakster thanks for the suggestion.  I don't have power conditioning but I'm pretty sure it's not distortion.  I'm fairly familiar with what distortion sounds like in its different forms and what I'm hearing is not it

thanks

Thanks b_limo and m-bd.  I will continue the search!  My friend has some Harbeths that I like a lot.  I will try to audition more British speakers.

m-db, one of the things that attracted me to the Paradigms in the first place was how I could hear each instrument so clearly and the timbres were so separate from the other instruments.  Other speakers I listened to had a cohesive sound but instruments kind of blended into each other particularly in low mids and upper lows.  The Paradigms are great in this area.  To me, they really outshined their competition at their price level at accomplishing this.  I would hate to lose that quality in getting a speaker that had a more rounded and full upper midrange.

In my upstairs system I have the ultimate point source in the form of single driver Omega speakers.   Timbrally they are gorgeous.  I love them but they would not work for the downstairs system.  The sweet spot is VERY small and they lack enough bass to fill the living room.

Anyway the search continues.  Thanks for all your feedback!

Adam, to be honest the speakers I settled on were much more expensive even at their used price. Funny you mentioned it though. When I listened to them at shows or in stores, to me they sounded sleepy or as you say "blended."

When I owned the Studio 100s I was auditioning the S3s at home over a weekend when this offer popped up. Being able to compare all three at home was way more insightful than auditioning in the store. I found that Paradigm has a house sound that I spent time and money trying to overcome. Within the first few minutes even my family could easily hear the difference as well as that house sound.

The Paradigm's were more dynamic with more highs, mids, and lows which is what sold me in the first place. The reason these new speakers seemed sleepy was because I couldn't hear that stark differentiation of those highs, mids, and lows. They were simply making music. During my time with all three of the Paradigm's I'd listen to an album or two and become board. What the other speakers revealed was not boredom but a fatigue from being able to clearly differentiate the drivers from the listening position. I have to put my ear very close to the other speakers drivers just to hear they're working. In all, a difficult lesson finally learned.  

Years later I briefly heard an all Audio Research system driving Paradigm Persona 9Fs at a store. Clearly the best Paradigm's so far, meh.