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Room dimensions: which Paradigm should I get?


I'm building my first "real" system, gearing towards home theeater. I'm on a small budget, and for a while I'm going to use mixmatched speakers for surrounds, and I've bought an Outlaw pre and an Outlaw amp. All I have left to buy are two fronts, and I want towers. I was going to hold out for used Infinity Kappa's, simply because I always wanted them. But now I'm getting anxious since I have purchased all the other pieces.

I've decided to get a pair of Paradigm Reference Studio v3's. Now I need to decide on getting the 100's, or would the 60's be plenty?

Here are my room dimensions:

L W H
20' x 17' x (vaulted 8.5' to 12.5')

Adding to the cubic volume of this room there is a dining room, open and offset at the left rear measuring 20'x12'x8'. There is one door to a hall, a double wide opening into the kitchen, and another double wide opening into the game room.

Here is my (partially pieced together) system:

Outlaw Audio 950 Pre/Pro
Outlaw Audio 770, 200Wpc, 7 channels
Fronts: Not yet decided
Surrounds: Celestion Impact 30, 4 ohm, max 150W
2nd Surrounds: Celestion "Little 1", 8 ohm, 10-50W
Center: MB Quart Center, 6 ohm, 125W
Sub: Velodyne self powered 10"

Again, my question here is whether to get the Paradigm Studio 100 v3 or Studio 60 v3.

Thanks, Greg

P.S. Oh yeah! I hear that some local chains sell Paradigms? Which ones? I'm in the Dallas TX area.
gregcagle
sean
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Do you listen to a lot of music? Do you like to "rock the house" on a regular basis? If so, neither the Paradigm's or the Infinity Kappa's will be happy with your amp or the room dimensions or acoustics. That is, unless you listen in surround sound, taking advantage of the multiple drivers and shared acoustic output. Both of these are "hungry" speakers, the Kappa's more-so than the Paradigm's. Sean
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mboldda1
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i went and listened to the studio 100v3 today they had a nice sound but a little too laid back. i also heard the sigature s8 a great sounding speaker but $5400 a pair.
check this speaker out at: http://www.usheraudio.com/speaker-cp6371.html
they retail for $2900 a pair but you can get a great deal at the distributor at www.theehighend.com .

marvin
cmpromo
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Get the 100's, Youll be glad you did, much better bass response. I dont know what Sean's talking about, my room isnt much bigger than yours and I have huge speakers. In fact, when I owned the 100's they were in a smaller room than yours and they rocked.
sean
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Cmpromo said "when I owned the 100's they were in a smaller room than yours and they rocked."

Your comment here somewhat supports what i was getting at. That is, the 100's will work better in a smaller room. In effect, Greg not only has a good sized room to pressurize, he's got large openings feeding into other rooms. Given the Paradigmn's thirst for power and the total acoustic space involved here, he may end up working both the speakers and amp relatively hard on a regular basis if he listens in 2 channel mode and likes to crank it up.

Personally, i would look for speakers that offered more surface area, higher sensitivity and a different radiation pattern. Then again, only Greg knows what he wants or expects out of his system with his listening environment. I'm just throwing out considerations that he might want to take into account BEFORE dropping his hard earned cash. Sean
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