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Originally Posted by SPH

No offense taken, I want to learn this stuff. I have played music for over 20 years and have mixed for lots of live bands in big and small forums. The equipment factor (speaker brands etc) is where I am weak.


What would be better than the pardigms, as far as getting more bang for the buck?

What I really want is a tower that had 10's and 8's and tweeters.


I appreciate the info and discussion

Paradigm is a great speaker company, but I'd look into the Studio 100's if you can spring it and you want Paradigms. It depends on what your budget is though, as there are so many great speakers at certain price points that it would be much easier to recommend. Here are some brands to look at though, as these are some of my favorites and are also well regarded by others.

Paradigm
Dali
Dynaudio
Salk
B&W (I don't personally like them, well, at least none of their lower series, but the 800s are great, and there are tons of people that love the lower series)
Martin Logan

Good luck!