looking for surrounds

[tennsopher]

I am wanting to buy surround speakers and have narrowed the list to three.Never mind what my mains are as I know that will come up.My three choices are Paradigm se1,b&w685,and philharmonic aa.What would you buy and why?

 

[rojo]

The Affordable Accuracy monitor has the flattest response with "excellent phase tracking" (according to Dennis Murphy).

The Paradigm response looks better than the B&W, but I'm disconcerted by that +10dB hill between 2.7 and 10kHz.

The B&W just makes me think, "Go home, speaker. You're drunk."

 

[j_garcia]

AAs would make fantastic surrounds.