i demo'ed paradigms a week ago. looked at monitor 7's and like them vs the mini monitors. then I compared the monitor 7's vs the wharfedale evo20's. the wharfedales were SIGNIFICANTLY more detailed. less bass, but much better, IMHO. I was going to get the aperions and compare in home w/ the wharfedales, but sushi suggested axioms so I'm considering those too.

there's some concern (from some reviews) that the axiom sub is not as good as others. i may consider the paradigm PDR12 which I demo'ed as well. not bad for 12" at $419. tight and not muddled.