I agree with all above... I really made my way around to sample out a number of different speakers, at least 10 different flavors, that I had available within 50 miles.. If I stretched it I could have gone further out..
He has a friend that has the monitor series, and I imagine he spent some time in his theater setup, which is probably why he is settling on them...
Nothing wrong with that.. If he is happy with his descision, great...
Paradigms are good speaks..
Now back to your regularly scheduled program...
Warp