Originally Posted By Mojo
Craig, can you buy the Paradigm bookshelves below and tell us if they are better than the M5HP given they are 4 times the price?

http://persona.paradigm.com/persona/specs.php?model=persona-b


Mojo - I would more likely pair the M5's with the Lgeacy Signature SE's we have here and see how they fare with an $8000 speaker.

To make things "fair", I would cross both speakers at 60 Hz and use an EP-800 for the deep stuff, as the job would be to find out how well the M5's would compare above 60 Hz.

The Legacies are $7000 per pair and include dual 10 inch subwoofers.

Listening would be done level matched and blind, with instant A/B switching, using our pre-amp level unit.

And even then, there's no guarantee one would be "better". It's just an honest way to compare speakers.