Well I had posted a thread earlier in the week about possibly upgrading my speakers (Monitor Audio RS1's) now that I have an Arcam AVR300 a/v receiver and was looking at maybe ditching my 2 subs, getting just one sub (HSU or SVS) and going to the Monitor Audio RS6's for fronts. I thought about it and being I have a fairly small room (15Lx11W7H), I think floorstanders are not the way to go. So several people suggested in my earlier post and on other forums that the Paradigm Studio 20's maybe a good choice for me so I decided to go down to my local dealer and compare the Monitor Audio RS1's vs. the Paradigm Studio 20's. Well I definately like the Monitor Audio RS1's better than the Paradigm Studio 20's. IMO, the RS1's have better hi & mid-range, a wider soundstage, and more transparency to them than the studio 20's. The bass was also a little tighter & faster. The Studio 20's have more power and a larger bass sound on the low ends. I think the 20's maybe better if you are a 2 channel, rock/bass driven type of listener, where as if your a Home Theater and classical/jazz/blues type of person you'd be btter off with the RS1's. Also considering the Studio 20's are almost $200CDN more, the RS1's are great value.
To add to the mix we then went to another level listening to the Monitor Audio GS10's, this will be my next purchase. These speakers are awesome in every way and miles ahead of the RS1's, and so they should be for $2000CDN. Also I auditioned the Amphion Argon2's and to me the MA's were very similar but better. Considering the Argon2's price tag was figured to be around the $2000-$2900 range the GS10's are great value & quality. One quick question how does the Paradigm Ultracube 10($1000CDN) stack up against the HSU STF-3 and SVS PB10/12-NSD subwoofers???
