I don’t think speakers by themselves cause harshness. They are only a lens to hear the rest of your system. Even some very peaky West Coast speakers from the 70s don’t exhibit any harshness when driven by good modern day amps; they only sounded dreadful on the old amps. I had v1 and 2 Paradigms and they had nowhere near the level of resolution of the later versions, particularly v4 and v5 PAL tweeters. My Tribute and v5 Studio 60s are driven by Classe and VTL amps and there is absolutely no harshness. My advice to anyone who notices an increase in harshness on a new speaker is to treat it as a wake up call to upgrade their electronics. I did and my system is vastly improved over when I had the earlier Paradigms.
Klipsch RF-7 II VS Paradigm Studio 60 V.5
Can't decide between these speakers. I did a search of Paradigm dealers in my area and it seams like they are all A/V installer who doesn't stock models plus you have to make an appointment. The same thing with Klipsch, It's only shows Best Buy as the dealer and they don't even sell the reference series. I have all kinds of amp solid states and tubes so matching either speaker is not a problem. It will be used for 80% music and 20% watching movies. I don't like very detailed speakers and speakers that needs everything to be perfect to sound good, I'm done with that audio fool thing. I prefer neutral, transparent with tight bass. I used to have Studio 60 V.2 long time ago and I kind of like it. Can't find much review of the Klipsch RF-7 II and it seems like only Klipsch fanatic talk about it. I need to hear from you guys any opinions you want to share.
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