I have a pair of Infinity Primus 360 speakers ($568/pair) and they sound amazingly good for the price. I use them in my 2.1 theater setup with a modest priced Mirage subwoofer. Do they sound as good as my $8k Thiel CS6's? Of course not. But they are an incredible value. I'm lucky that I have the means to afford high end equipment in my dedicated system but if the Infinities were all I had I could enjoy listening to music though them every day.
The price performance ratio is compressing for all stereo gear. This is as it should be. I was surprised after going to AXPONA to hear some very modest systems outperform some megabuck systems. There were also megabuck systems that sounded glorious but overall the real-world gear acquitted itself very well.
When a company like Paradigm designs a budget speaker, whether or not you like the "Paradigm sound," you know that it was thoroughly engineered and that the trade-offs were carefully considered. Kudos to them for using their design, manufacturing, and distribution experience to build a product that many people can afford.
The price performance ratio is compressing for all stereo gear. This is as it should be. I was surprised after going to AXPONA to hear some very modest systems outperform some megabuck systems. There were also megabuck systems that sounded glorious but overall the real-world gear acquitted itself very well.
When a company like Paradigm designs a budget speaker, whether or not you like the "Paradigm sound," you know that it was thoroughly engineered and that the trade-offs were carefully considered. Kudos to them for using their design, manufacturing, and distribution experience to build a product that many people can afford.