Comments on: Paradigm's new Reference in wall on wall Millenia speakers http://www.audioreview.com/reviews/paradigms-new-reference-in-wall-on-wall-millenia-speakers Expert hi-fi audio reviews, blogs, home audio how to articles and news. Sat, 15 Feb 2014 17:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3 By: Woochifer http://www.audioreview.com/reviews/paradigms-new-reference-in-wall-on-wall-millenia-speakers#comment-100 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:41:09 +0000 http://www.audioreview.com/reviews/?p=2096#comment-100 What’s missing? Very simple, the cabinet. These speakers are in-walls, which are usually cheaper than box speakers to begin with. Less weight, less material, no need to tune the cabinet volume, port diameter, etc. to the driver characteristics.

$529 per speaker isn’t cheap by any stretch, and the term “reference” can be used to imply anything, not that it’s neutral or “mastering” quality. Many of the studio monitors used for mastering are anything but neutral. From the JBL 43XX series to the Yamaha NS-10, studio monitors are very often used for emulating what a typical consumer audio setup sounds like, and optimizing the sound for those rigs (i.e., big speakers with 12″ woofers during the 1970s, and mini systems, sub/sat systems, and car audio rigs beginning around the 1990s).

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