Hi Smitty,
As Kcarlile has pointed out, we do introduce gradual on-going improvements that are not necessarily reflected in a change in the model number or version.
Yes, I do think you'd hear an improvement moving from your Paradigm Studio 60s to a pair of Axiom M80 v2's. However, I have not done direct double-blind comparisons of an Axiom M80 v2 to a Paradigm Studio 60. I recently auditioned an expensive Paradigm Signature (?) pair of floorstanders in a Home Theater demo at the CES show in Las Vegas. They were excellent, but no better in my judgement than the current M80 v2s. (I rely on 30 years of experience doing double-blind comparisons to make these judgments.)
I suspect that if you put the Axiom M80 v2 into a double-blind comparison with the Paradigm Signature editions (if I have the name correct), they'd end up being scored "similarly good", to use a phrase coined and used by my long-time mentor, Dr. Floyd Toole. It simply means that while not sounding identical, two different pairs of speakers are so close in sound quality that you cannot consistently rank one above the other and whatever slight preferences you may have typically shift with a change in the music from one type to another.
So far, Ian has not introduced a prototype speaker that has been able to consistently win over the existing M80 v2 design in the double-blind listening tests--and I've done those comparisons as well as other Axiom staffers.
Regards,
