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Paradigm or Energy

I'm interested in two different speakers. 1) Paradigm Monitor 3 or 2) The new Energy Connoisseur C-3. They will be purchased in a set of four as front and surrounds. Driving them will be a Denon AVR 3802. I've read all of the reviews on the Paradigm and they are spectacular but there's not much written on the Energy’s. They're both priced exactly the same. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for your help.
mborner
aball
2,018 posts
 
Paradigm for sure. I auditioned the Energy Veritas series among others (V2.3 mainly) and the Studio 100s and ran with the 100s. They are really impressively warm, balanced, and smooth, bettering the Energy in each department although the Energies were not bad - it is just that the Paradigms are awesome! Their imaging is spectacular, the soundstage is perfect, and vocals make your eyes water. Simply amazing. Paradigm knows what they are doing. Im using McIntosh amp and preamp, Sony ES player with MIT T2 all around.
mdomnick
332 posts
 
Nice set up Aball. Any line conditioning?
aball
2,018 posts
 
Hey
Funny story about line conditioning actually: I had a Krell KSA100 and there was a constant static white noise eminating from the speaker continuously. It eventually led me to buying a Monster strip conditioner, dedicating the circuit, using a hospital outlet, and playing with cables, but little really changed - the static still present. I could live with it at this point so I forgot about it. When I tried a friend's McIntosh amp however, the noise floor dropped amazingly to the point of noticing the nothingness. It was pure blackness and I love it! Go McIntosh for designing a great power supply. Krell got ditched. I removed the Moster conditioner and still beautiful darkness so I left it out since a simple path is a good path in my book. Take care
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