Energy RC-70????

i'm using the energys in my tv room and i'm very content--they're not life-altering, but are a very solid speaker which i'm unlikely to replace. the paradigm studio series sound very similar to the energys to me--neutral, detailed, well-rounded--and are also a very solid, hard-to-go-wrong pick. i've only heard the ml aeon briefly in a 2ch setting and i was slightly disappointed--although the high end was extremely open and airy i thought the integration between the drivers was less than seamless, and i heard a midbass hump. i haven't heard 'em in an ht system, however, and a sub might very well tame 'em. i do see the energys are deeply discounted (50% off), which might sway to choose them among your other credible candidates.

sooner, i'm confident you'll be pleased. energy doesn't get a ton of play on these pages, perhaps because they market heavily to the ht crowd, but their stuff is consistently solid--their parent, which I believe also owns Klipsch, is a big corporation which spends a ton on R&D (partly subsidized by the Canadian government)and puts forth a high value product. let us know your reactions.