Anyone have either the Paradigm Monitor 3 or 5?

[Tallcane]

Anyone have these as front speakers? I have been looking at these and the salesman I spoke with at the closest dealer knew nothing of the monitor 5 series. I am wondering if the monitor three will get the job done or do I need to move up to the 5? The 5 is large and strikes me as close to a tower as you can get but still have a bookshelf.

Anyone know anything about the Polk LSI line?

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

That's a tough decision. I love the Paradigm Monitor series. I don't know if two 6.5" midbass drivers would be better than 1 8" driver. I would think the midrange would be better with the dual 6.5", but the lower bass better with the one 8". The Monitor 5 is basically the Monitor 7 without the internal volume. The 7 would probably double the bass output but at quite a cost. Without doing a side by side comparison, who can say? With the right sub, I would pay less attention to the 80Hz and under frequencies, and more on the mids and highs.

The Polk LSi series are amazing, but priced to reflect it. There's a few guys here on the forum that have them. I'm sure they'll chime in. Lots of honest reviews on the Polk website on the LSi's also.

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

That's a tough decision. I love the Paradigm Monitor series. I don't know if two 6.5" midbass drivers would be better than 1 8" driver. I would think the midrange would be better with the dual 6.5", but the lower bass better with the one 8". The Monitor 5 is basically the Monitor 7 without the internal volume. The 7 would probably double the bass output but at quite a cost. Without doing a side by side comparison, who can say? With the right sub, I would pay less attention to the 80Hz and under frequencies, and more on the mids and highs. A good friend has the Monitor 11's and they sound spectacular with his Denon 2803.

The Polk LSi series are amazing, but priced to reflect it. There's a few guys here on the forum that have them. I'm sure they'll chime in. Lots of honest reviews on the Polk website on the LSi's also.