To me they were better than the Paradigm Monitor line personally. For about the same price, the Paradigm Atroms don't stand a chance against the X-LS. I wouldn't even be discussing them if they didn't sound good too
Not perfect (nothing is), but darn good for the price. Here is my review of the
X-LS.
I thought I had read that, which sucks, but....here's palisander finish: