Paradigm S4 Quicksilver amplification

Thanks for the amp advice. I am happy with both the Quicksilvers and the Paradigms' - just not in combination. Your description of the mid range is exactly my experience.

I confess I didn't know about the 4/8 ohm option until your post Rrog. I did a bit more web surfing - certainly sounds well worth trying. Thanks for the advice - keen to give it a go when I get back home tonight.

Thanks guys, really appreciated.

Many thanks
Phil

The 4 ohm tap should give you more detail and tighten things up. You should be able to get reasonable sound quality with the Paradigm speakers. I am not familiar with your preamp and how well it mates with your amplifiers. If you are still not satisfied with the sound after making some adjustments I recommend finding a used Quicksilver preamp.

I can not comment on your exact set up. But I have had quicksilvers for the past 8 years and Paradyms in the past. The quicksilvers are nothing but smooth and detailed. They are a grate amp. The Paradygm are also a good speaker but not my favorite I never had your model but the ones I had where bright not very accurate. As stated above make sure you are using the 4 ohm tap if that is what your speakers are. What cables are you running? SOmething is a muck and I think what is happening is you are getting into the level of equipnment that is letting you hear it. Or you are just use to a different sound.

Broke a few speed limits getting home to try the 4ohm tap - a huge difference and a big relief. The midrange in particular is much improved. Many thanks for the advice Rrog. However I have to go along with your comments Programmergeek; the speakers are still not as "bright" as I was hoping and as bright as I heard them in the demo lab (sounded great). Something still not quite right but a whole lot better now I have swapped to 4 ohm.
Cheers guys

NB the speaker wire is top of the line high content silver !