Paradigm Mini Monitor v.3 vs. Aperion 522D

[roguejason]

Does anyone have any experience with the Aperion Audio Intimus 522D speakers? *And how they compair to the Paradigm Mini-Monitor v.3 speakers. *I plan to run either of them with a matching sub.

Thanks!

Jason

Hey Jason i heard the aperion bookshelf speakers a couple weeks ago and i was very impressed how well they sounded.  The imaging was really good and i was pretty impressed by the bass it had for a 5 1/4 woofer.  I dont own them i ended up going to there office in Oregon and bought there 8 inch sub.  The sub is awesome for an 8 very tight bass and musical,  its not boomey at all i used it in a home theater setup and it does ok for movies in my small room.  The build quality on there is pretty impressive also.  Ive got the high gloss black but i like the wood finsh better but it didnt match my speakers so i went the black.  Also there customer service is top notch.  Also one thing u minght wanna know is there making a tower with side firing 8 inch powered sub.  I jus saw tehre prototype and tehy were saying it might be ready by june i thnk.  Its basically a 522 bookshelf speaker in a tower form.

[roguejason]

How to the Aperion speakers compair to the Paradigm's as far as brightness?  I have a set of the Mini-Monitors, but am finding them to be too harsh or "bright".

Thanks,

Jason

I havent heard the mini monitors so i dont know how they compare.  As far as them being bright i think there a little on the bright side compared to what im use to listeng too BW 602s.  But they werent bright to the point you coundlt listen for long periods of time.

[dasquared]

might want to look into the Monitor Bronze or Silver series...I liked them much more than the paradigms recently.  I did not specifically compare the minis to the Bronze,  but I did compare the Paradign monitor3's and 5's to the Bronze B1 (their minis) and liked the Monitor Bronze B1 even better than the Paradigm's larger speakers.