That's a tough question. I picked up a pair of Paradigm Atoms and really loved them on a lot of music... until I A/B'ed them with my M2s (yikes, why are they so different ?) then other speakers and realized the Atoms were pumping up the 100-200 Hz range which really changed the sound of a number of recordings and instruments.

The funny thing was that some recordings sound way better with that hump. The repetitive "tictock" sound on "Time" (DSOTM) sounds much more sharp and localized on the Atoms because the sound itself gets emphasized, for example.


M60ti, VP180, QS8, M2ti, EP500, PC-Plus 20-39
M5HP, M40ti, Sierra-1
LFR1100 active, ADA1500-4 and -8