I took my Denon 3802 and my M80's a few years ago to the Home Theatre place here in Halifax. We tested the Paradigm monitor 11's and also the studio 60's and 100's against my M80's.
I had no problem taking my M80's over the Monitors and the Studio 60's. However ,it was a toss up with the 100's and M80's however, I think I gave the nudge to the Paradigm 100's .... but ever so slightly. Then, we are talking a $1200 speaker at the time against a $3800 speaker and for $2000 less, I took my M80's and didn't look back.
the other thing is ...here in Canada, Halifax to be exact the M80's VP180 and 4 QS8's are $3200 tx icl ....Paradigms Studio 100's, matching centre and 4 ADP's cost $6600 plus tax. They may sound better over all, but I think only slightly and sure as hell not $4000 better.
