Paradigm Persona series

I demoed a pair of Persona 5F’s with an integrated Macintosh amp today, here are my thoughts:

1. Very well controlled bass but not big.
2. Treble sounded musical with great transient response but their was no air (prob Macintosh related).
3. Could hear the crossover between midrange and tweeter.
4. Mid range was not that impressive and sounded recessed.
5. Coherency was average

Will post more tmrw but the following  other speakers I compare them too:
Fritz Carbon 7
Merlim TSM
Acsend NRt 
Dynaudio 110
Dynaudio 160
Modified Fritz 7 ( DIY modified speaker for nearfied— courtesy of Fritz selling me the parts)
Fritz Rev 5
Pmc TB2
 
will not post the seller cause there local and while the salesmen knew alltbabout TVs when I asked him about the Dac that the Macintosh amp used he really did t know what I was talking about. That’s ok but I really think 3 things stood out:
1. The Dac could have expanding the sound stage
2. The Macintosh integrated amp held back the top air and magnified some type of audible distortion that my ear caught right away in the crossover region (tweeter and midrange)
3. Midrange was just not that great. It sounded disjointed like old reviews of lesser popular pricey sound fabor models ( and usher).
4. Speaker was all control and low treble (berillluim tweeter)
5. Midrange just wasn’t great. Could put a system together with a full range Fostex, or Mark audio with sub and Low pow set and get same quality and 1/3 price in midrange.
6. Tweeter really was great, Beriluim..nice
7. Wide sound stage with great attack... just disjointed sound
8. Sorry to say and many other people won’t notice but after hearing a perfect transional crossover in speakers like the Merlin, Fritz (Series crossover) and the. My own full range diy (Mark audio Drivers) , the Personas crossover stood out like a Blond house wife with fake t****. Sorry no other way to sugar coat it.

Just reread my post and would like to apologize for my analogy lol...had a few beers.

The Personas were toed in but even if they were not properly spaced I should not be able to detect the crossover between the midrange and tweeter. As far as cables go, they were probably just using some run of the mill Monster wires. The source was off the guy’s phone streamed to the Mcintosh integrated amp. Maybe I am not a fan of Mcintosh. You know David Belles is right down the road I should see if he would be willing to loan and integrated amp to this store. I actually have yet to hear one of his amps but they have a small following.

On a side note, Audio Doctor I checked out your website and see you cary Exposure amps. I am a huge fan of their sound signature and I was wondering if you have had any experience with the difference between the 3010s2 and 3010s2D?