Paradigm Monitor vs. Klipsch Reference

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Both good speakers but i find klipsch hard to listen to for an extended amount of time, the horn tweeters become very harsh to the ears. I own Paradigm and have for over 15 years and find them to be the best speaker for the money both in build quality and sound. As for the the 7's and 9's there really is not that much difference in sound, the 9's have a bit more bottom end but where talking about 2hz difference, i have auditioned both versions in the store side by side when getting my newer 7's and found it almost impossible to tell what speaker i was listening to. I would go with Paradigm you would be hard pressed to find anyone saying bad things about them on the other hand you will find a lot of bad reviews on the Klipsch speakers mainly because of the horn tweeters you either love them or hate them, it's just that type of sound.

I read in this post that Paradigm sound close to Klipsch, i don't know anyone that would compare the sound of Paradigm to Klipsch, 2 very different sounding speakers and don't resemble sound in anyway, that's why your 2 choices puzzle me, go out and listen to the Paradigm Monitor 7's you will definitely here the difference.