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Review 4 of 102
Price Paid:
$2400.00
from Gibby's Electronics Summary:
Looking to buy speakers? Cosider this...
Like everyone else says, "sounds good at all volumes, good sound for the money, blah,blah,blah..."
HOWEVER, the tweeters blow without warning on these speakers, causing the inconvenience of being speakerless for 3 to 4 weeks for replacement parts to arrive. The warranty is only for five years, so what happens after this? I have had to bring them in on three separate occasions for the same reason. I am driving them with a DENON 685 2-channel x100 watt receiver, with both bass and treble knobs set at "0" as well as the tone defeat button pushed in, loudness 'off' on newer c.d's with louder output signals. My previous speakers were a pair of Realistic speakers from the 80's with auto reset safety feature. They cost about $200 for the pair. If there were any danger of "blowing" at a louder volume, they would simply trip off, and reset themselves 5 seconds later. What a great feature!!! but the dealer at the store told me Paradigm don't have this because they would lose sound quality. Arent these speakers supposed to be cutting edge technology where a bi-metal fuse device could be used that would cost 99 cents to make but would cost the end user , say, $50, because of the research and development cost? I would rather have a speaker with a bit less sound quality than a "dead" speaker, like I have now. I would have bought bookshelf speakers, had I known the b.s. I would have to endure for the $2400 can. I spent on them. I bought big because I wanted the noise factor.
But, as mentioned earlier by myself and other reviewers, they do sound good at all volumes, but when they go for a poop, they really stink the joint out.
"Like a Nike running shoe, with Paradigm speakers you pay for a name, not product performance..." Strengths:
Sound good at all volumes, even with tone controls set at zero. Weaknesses:
no speaker protection features, a great inconvenience when they fail.
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