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@kota1 Oops, I didn't look at it much because you mentioned Titanic.

@kota1 My BHK 300 mono blocks are hybrid amps tube on the input and MOFSET on the output they are pretty good (about $15k) or so, likewise my 9hs are hybrid the mid and high frequency are passive and the bass has 4x 8inch drivers that are powered by an amp with peak power of 2700W. These speakers should have lots of bass on their own, I think my particular speakers are simply turned down to much because when I push the sweep generator built into the speaker it gets VERY low 19hz they say and it feels like it but with normal music the low end is very poor. I can’t power the low end of these speakers it is all internal. These speakers were reviewed very well by everyone they should be better. I’m going to tear into them myself now that the warrantee is over. The sunfire amp I don’t think is an upgrade to my BHK 300s, I could be wrong though, and Bob Carver made some really awful PA speakers/amps 35 years ago.

The point is no matter how much you spend on equipment its the room that "floats the boat", bad room can be the Titanic, good room  can be the "Love Boat" LOL

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My BHK 300 mono blocks are hybrid amps tube on the input and MOFSET on the output they are pretty good (about $15k) or so, likewise my 9hs are hybrid the mid and high frequency are passive and the bass has 4x 8inch drivers that are powered by an amp with peak power of 2700W.

This is the audiophile trap you speak about in the OP. The $$$ is fine, I am sure its a fine value for what it is. If you can drop $15K on an amp $2500 shouldn’t be a roadblock, I think it will be a better match for the Paradigms. Remember I own Paradigms that are powered internally by Anthem amps (active) and have already bi-amped the passive Studio Reference Paradigm’s I own with a Carver amp that was a precursor to this one. The Sunfire amps have headroom that won’t quit, dynamics and a soundstage that open a Paradigm speaker up like I have never experienced, and are exemplative of finesse, in my system. I hope you get the opportunity to compare.

Couldn't agree more, I think room acoustics is like the story of a movie if you have a good one even a bad movie or poor stereo equipment won't sound bad but it you have a bad room even or a bad story no amount of fabulous special effects or great equipment will make much of a difference. 

My wife has a big laser I'm going to design some hopefully good looking absorption frames for my back wall, put some diffusion on my ceiling and  I'm going to put a remote on my refrigerator it's so noisy. I want to really try to make my absorption and diffusion look a little better than what you usually see, let me know if something comes to you. Thanks