Paradigm ref100's and Odyssey Stratos?

I have the 100's with a Line 1 and an Anthem MCA-20 and a Musical Fidelity A3 CD. Bass is definitely very good for rock. Good cabling is a must as is a high current amp. I am not familiar with the Stratos amp. The Anthem amp might be the weak link in my own chain but on the whole I am very happy with the bass response. This with the speakers 5 feet from the back wall and about 2.5 - 3 feet from the side walls. I did have my PW220 sub hooked to the back of the Line 1's second pair of outs for a little while but the bass lost some clarity so I hooked it back up to my SSP's sub out jack and no longer use it for two channel. When you go auditioning the Paradigms insist on having a really good amp hooked up to show what they can do. Also, go for the real wood veneer - I wish I did. Good luck.

Thanks for the response Cosmic_void. I'm going to try your approach with the sub out of the SF. I need my sub with my current speakers. I picked up an Outlaw ICBM and so far haven't been very pleased with the results. I'll try their tech support once again before I decide to ship it back.

Don't forget that most subs need some breakin before they start sounding anywhere near good.

I hooked my sub back up to the Line 1 today with two cable runs to the low level inputs. I have set the frequency cut off to just over 50 Hz. I was getting very poor bass response with it hooked to the SSP because the SSP trimmed the 100's at 80 - 90 HZ the stupid dolby/THX cut off point for bass seperation. I think I will have to mess around with sub positioning to get that last little soupçon of clarity. I think I also have to spike my sub instead of using the rounded feet that came with it.

I think you would enjoy the Studio 100's and they are a great value.