Interesting. I called a dealer in Dallas, and they were not well informed about the Paradigm Persona Trade Up program. The guy with whom I spoke thought that the amount was UP TO 20%, and was at the discretion of the dealer. This is not correct, as the 20% discount is direct from Paradigm. The terms of the deal also indicate that the dealer may also offer and additional discount. I read the information to him from the Paradigm web site, and he said he would look into it and call me right back. It's been close to an hour now and I have not heard back. Seems like a great deal, if it actually works.
Paradigm Persona series
I'm beginning to poke around and gather opinions and information about a "super speaker" to replace my aging Thiel 2.4s. I like the idea of bass dsp room correction and I am a bit of a point source type imaging nut (thus the Thiels). So among other choices I've been looking at the Paradigm Persona series specifically the powered 9H with room correction for the bass. However I'm skeptical of the "lenses" i.e. pierced metal covers on the midrange and tweeter specifically because of Paradigm's claim that such screens "screen out" "out of phase" musical information. The technology in the design seems superlative but I just can't get past the claim re out of phase information and the midrange and tweeter covers. What could possibly be the science behind this claim? It just seems like its putting a halloween moustache on the mona lisa given the fact that the company is generally a technology driven company.