mortz

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 3.00 votes

Price Paid:  $350.00

Summary:
These are good, solid speakers. I was not really shopping for speakers when I bought these, but could not get over the value for the price. They are capable of prodiguous bass output given their size (and price) and do a pretty decent job of the treble and midrange as well, given the price point. I use them in a home theatre system, and while I first intended to pick up a sub, I have yet to do so. These are very efficient speakers, and do not require a heavyweight ampliphier. No frills, pretty plain box really, but anyone looking to put together a decent home theatre system on a budget, should look at these. I have connected them to my audio only system, and they performed well, very musical, although they are certainly not audiophile speakers. Note: purchase price is Cdn dollars.

Strengths:
Excellent bass output. Very good value vs performance.

Weaknesses:
Plain black vinyl box a little uninspiring.

Price Paid:  $300.00 from Audio 5.1

Summary:
I bought these to replace my old Pioneer CS-R2100 towers. I can't believe how much more (!!!) detail I'm getting out of them (in comparison to my old Pioneer's). System used: H/K avr 225 ,Marantz dv4300 dvd player, monster standard s14 cable, david 301 d-box subwoofer

Strengths:
-Imaging -price/performance ratio

Weaknesses:
None, at least so far.

Similar Products Used:
Athena AS-B1(use it for rear), Pioneer, Technics

Price Paid:  $699.00 from Jerry's T V

Summary:
I must say I have owned alot of different speakers from cerwin vega, to bose,infiniti,akai,bsm's,energy and after all that,still not satisfied. In 1999 I had purchased a set of Acoustic Profiles which for the money sounded great (for a while)and then I went subwoofer shopping. I had been hearing alot about Paradigm so I went on line and read up on some subwoofers. I had almost bought a Valadine at future shop,but then decided to go to the local Paradigm dealer Jerry's TV. Jerry had demonstrated the ps 1000, I was impressed but you never really know until you get it home. Well WOW!! I could not believe what this sub could do, all the reviews were right.I was impressed so much I figured it was time to upgrade my mains to Paradigm as well. So back to Jerry's TV I go. I listened to some different sizes from the moniter series. I was really impressed with the moniter 3's. I purshased them and took them home. I babied them for about a month, which was really hard to do. Then I slowly started to play with them and make them dance. It has been 3 years now and they still have incredible sound. People phone me to come and watch a movie at my house because of the sound my system turns out. One day I would like to up grade my reciever and my mains, maybe moniter 7's. I have never been so happy with a speaker in my life and I have owned alot. Thank you Paradigm.

Strengths:
Here are some very srong srenghts: 1) Price, you can not beat this product price wise if you tried. 2)Canadian made, this is starting to mean alot to Canadians now a days. Its nice to see Made In Canada not Korea!! 3)Sound, go ahead and buy some Energy, Polk, Mission, you won't come even close. 4)Distortion level, I realize you get alot of distortion from your power source but having Paradigm really helps. 5)Looks, It doesn't matter if there black or the red cherry they look great. 6)If you love a two way speaker like I do,this will satisfy your every need.

Weaknesses:
Sorry, I really don't have any weaknesses to talk about.

Similar Products Used:
Acoustic Profiles Mission Acusound

Price Paid:  $407.00 from East Hamilton Radio

Summary:
These speakes were my first Paradigm purchase and I've had them for over 3 years now. They've done nothing but please me, enough so that I've built my entire speaker system around them. After getting them out of the box, my first reaction was "what have I done?"... they sounded terrible! But after a short while, they broke in and sound teriffic now. I used them with only the CC370 and my Kenwood Sub (garbage)and they worked great together. I thought they would be all I'd need for a stereo. It turns out that purchasing the Monitor 7's, was the best thing to do for my system. The highs are great, and though the bass isn't super low, it has lots of pop. There used to be conflict between my friends and I as to who's house we were going to watch a movie at, but now it's just assumed that it'll be at my place. When powered properly, and wired properly, the Monitor 3's are a great set of speakers for how much I paid for them. I can max out my Marantz reciever and the Monitor 3's won't distort. Thank God I stayed away from Best Buy, 2001 Audio Video, and Future Shop, and went to a good hifi shop where the salesmen actually know what they're talking about. MY MAIN AUDIO COMPONENTS: Marantz SR5200 reciever 6.1 channels Paradigm Monitor 7 v.2 towers (biwired) Paradigm Monitor 3 bookshelfs Paradigm CC370 v.2 centre channel Paradigm Cinema v.1 (use one as a rear centre) Kenwood 1050SW Powered Subwoofer

Strengths:
Inexpesive, built tough, sound good. They sound great when combined with the matching sets of Paradigms other lines. I would recomend these for home theatres.

Weaknesses:
none really... I'm happy with them.

Similar Products Used:
no others really, just tested out store models and decided on these for sound, price, and looks. Canadian company too.

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
excellent speakers, well built(heavy boxes)allthough these are considered bookshelf speakers they deliver very good,tight bass,not boomy,but tight.Overall they sound excellent for the price paid, they are very clear up high,very nice down low. I run them through an onkyo tx-8511 and the combination is just great,these are right now my only speakers running in that system. i highly recommend them. I am very doubtful you could buy a better set of speakers for the money.

Strengths:
quality, sound quality, thy take up little space

Weaknesses:
for the price, none. might be a tad low on bass if you drive them with an underpowered amp,but for a speaker this size, bass is more than adecuate

Similar Products Used:
polk, technics.