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

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.

Wharfedale>Paradigm any day of the week.

$374 for one speaker. Figure half of that is the cabinet. That leaves $187 for 5 drivers and a crossover. Call it $30 per. That's retail. And zero margin. Oh and nothing for binding posts and feet, not to mention shipping carton and packaging.

What could go wrong? 

People love to talk about the law of diminishing returns. Which is bogus. Clearly the diminishing returns come when things get so cheap most of the cost is in the packaging.

@twoleftears A friend of mine recently traded a pair of Paradigm towers that cost over $5000 for a pair of Wharfedale Lintons.  He's not going back.  Paradigms are Home Theater at best, too aggressive and forward for high fidelity audio.

What an easy way to move up from junk to a first step into better sound.

Add a pair of self powered subs for music system, or 1 sub and center for Theater

I like my small pair of Paradigms, and have heard and liked larger models, none recently.

Nicely efficient, allows trying tubes easily. They say break them in, this review did that.

from translation of Swedish review:

The sound from the Monitor 6000F is vibrant and the sound image being painted is both warm and clearly defined, without ever feeling analytical or boring. The crucial middle register is really shiny. The only criticism is possibly that the rendering feels a little tame, as we would like to have a little more punch and bottom in the base and we will soon experience this in the company of Paradigm's sub-base, Defiance V10. But first, let's look at another important part of the home theater chain….

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hard to believe, but low price is real, they will not risk their reputation selling junk, so it must be to broaden awareness of their brand, .... whatever.

they have a smalller version, still 3 way, only 4 drivers, $285. ea, also black or white.