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"a stylish and affordable launch into the world of high-performance audio"

OK, is there such a thing as "too good to be true"?  They're definitely gorgeously beautifully looking and certainly at least as good looking as any "high-end" speakers!  But look at the price!  Only $374.00!!!  Can you have the cake and eat it too!  There has to be a catch!  Is there a devil lurking somewhere here!  I mean a high-end ScanSpeak woofer is already at least $370.00 in cost.  And that does not take into account a tweeter, and xover inductors, capacitors ... and so on.  And what do you tell people who paid $200K for a Wilson?

https://www.audioadvice.com/paradigm-monitor-se-6000f+color-White
andy2
andy2 OP
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I dont see any scanspeak woofers there
At least what you said is not science fiction :-)

I used "ScanSpeak" as a matter of comparison, that is a decent ScanSpeak woofer is already 370 bucks.  

For example, there are five drivers in that speaker above.  375/5 = 75
But of course you have to take into account the cabinet cost, paint, marketting ...


andy2 OP
1,538 posts
 

Ugh. It's a Paradigm.

It seems like you're saying Paradigm are all "craps"?  Can that be a fair assessment?  To label something like that to the entire company?


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jtcf
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They certainly are attractive.I believe Paradigm is mostly targeting the home theater crowd.I'm nowhere near as nitpicky regarding SQ with our very modest ht set up.Movies and the soundtrack music sound really good but falls short for music only listening.
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rocray
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Another low cost floorstander. I don't see anything wrong with that. Someone looking for something better than earbuds,or HT in a box,this is another choice that won't put you in the poor house.
teo_audio
2,197 posts
 
The larger part of performance improvements possible in generic speakers are brought about via lore and applied lore.

I don’t expect the speaker to sound exceptional I expect it to sound acceptable. Acceptable to the average ear.

Like a klipsch HT speaker, or a Polk HT speaker, or a JBL HT speaker.

All of them being made in china. With budget drivers. Like... drivers that are $10 each.

The economics of speakers has not changed. There are no exceptions. This is just Paradigm breaking down and getting their slice of the best buy slumming money.
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