Before I bought my M22's, VP150 and QS8's last year, I demo'ed the Paradigm's and Wharfedale's at the same showroom. I A/B'ed w/ Paradigm 7's and mini monitors, if I remember correctly. Sounded fine to me, the 7's seemed a little more detailed. Then I listened to the Evo 20's and really liked them. Much more range, mids and highs, and much nicer looking cabinet. Would've loved to get the 30's or 40's but that was out of budget. Almost bought them until "sushi" turned me on to Axioms. If I never bought the Axioms, I would've bought a whole Wharfedale system.