These are fantastic speakers. The best single word that I can use to describe them would be effortless. Regardless of how far you turn up the volume, they still sound perfect, very tight, very responsive. If you are looking for a speaker in the $1,000-$2,000 range, you have to listen to these.

Clean, Acurate, SMOOTH!!!

In israel theres 45% tax on imported electronics, +17 vat, so I paid more than should.

I was looking for a set of HT speakers after purchesing an Onkyo 494.
So I went out and auditioned:

Mission M74(HT set) the best for that price, clear, detailed a bit bright.
" 782; also bright, didnt care for the mission sound.

B&W 603 S3; an improvement over the M74's, thoght I had my set, than I asked the dealer to hear the CDM7NT, WOW!(too expensive, around 7000$ in Israel!!!), but the sound of a CDM HT set is what I liked, I've had enough of cheap gear)

Klipsch Reference RF-3, HT set; good "american" sound, (loud, powerfull, good for HT), which I quite liked, but unlucky for Klipsch, I heard them after I heard:

Paradigm Monitor 11; nice, like the Klipsch, but, I was looking at the Reference series, wondering how they will do,...
Studio 60 ; Bang! A CDM NT killer at half the price!
They sound SO much better than the Monitor11's, its amazing.

I asked to hear Gladiator, Studio 60 vs Monitor 11, thinking they might loose to the imposing 5 driver 111 cm behemoth.
No way! the 60's kicked ass! so clear, clean, transparent,
loud(!), soft to the the ear, they simply are what speakers should be. (kind of speaker that makes you want to hear your cd collection all over again...)

the 11's were churning out kakofony, everthing together, without definition, just loud noise.

Gladiator through the reference system is pure music.
Together with a reference ADP diapole surrounds, and CC center (Large!), this system delivers Home theater with ease, like a big luxary car, you feel the thing delivering effortlesly.

Now, for a big screen tv...
Itai.

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non, these are my first good speakers...(graduating from a budjet Peerless & JBL prologic HT combo)

Excellent LOW and SMOOTH bass, VERY detailed mid’s and nice high’s

the grill can make some noise

I have had these speakers for about 3 or 4 years now, and I love them now, just as much as I did when I first got them. I have always been very impressed with the bass performance on these. It’s incredibly low for a speaker of it’s size. Midrange like "voice" comes in very detailed, with lots of texture and accuracy. The highs, at first where a problem for me. My room is very small, and ceilings are low……….so, highs bounced off the walls and just seemed way to bright. A friend of mine has the same speakers, his room is MUCH larger thou, and there is no problem with the highs. And, at that time, I had an older NAD cd player. So I thought it’s would be a good idea to upgrade, and try to match with the speakers. So……I got a REGA PLANET cd player, and just like that…..nice smooth highs. Also what helps, I went out and some good XLO cables (patch cord and speaker), I did have about a $60 “digital” Monstercable patch cord and thick Monstercable speaker wire……..again, you would not believe the difference good cables make. So……what I’m trying to say is that, if you listen to these speakers, and your not immediately impressed with the sound……IT DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT HOOKED UP TO IT. Trust me.

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b&w 600, PSB, monitor audio....(much more in same priss range)

Excellent LOW and SMOOTH bass, VERY detailed mid’s and nice high’s

the grill can make some noise

I have had these speakers for about 3 or 4 years now, and I love them now, just as much as I did when I first got them. I have always been very impressed with the bass performance on these. It’s incredibly low for a speaker of it’s size. Midrange like "voice" comes in very detailed, with lots of texture and accuracy. The highs, at first where a problem for me. My room is very small, and ceilings are low……….so, highs bounced off the walls and just seemed way to bright. A friend of mine has the same speakers, his room is MUCH larger thou, and there is no problem with the highs. And, at that time, I had an older NAD cd player. So I thought it’s would be a good idea to upgrade, and try to match with the speakers. So……I got a REGA PLANET cd player, and just like that…..nice smooth highs. Also what helps, I went out and some good XLO cables (patch cord and speaker), I did have about a $60 “digital” Monstercable patch cord and thick Monstercable speaker wire……..again, you would not believe the difference good cables make. So……what I’m trying to say is that, if you listen to these speakers, and your not immediately impressed with the sound……IT DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT HOOKED UP TO IT. Trust me.

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b&w 600, PSB, monitor audio....(much more in same priss range)

Clean, well balanced sound, excellent on details, quality built.

none to me.

I am running these speakers with a Rogue Audio 99 Pre-amp and the imaging and soundstage is awesome! Excellent detail on both CDs and vinyl. I didnt want large speakers enclosures to domonate my living room, so these speakers gave me excellent sound in a relatively small size enclosure.( also I got the black enclosures which further diminish there size, give a slim classic look). The bass is more than adequate and is balanced with the rest of the music I feel, there when its supposed to be.

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BW 17 with BW Sub.

Natural midband, clean highs, not very placement dependant, excellent imaging, price/performance ratio

Can be a little bass-lite on some recordings, needs a little volume to "fill out"

Well, I have had these a little over a year and all things considered, I will give 'em an 8.5 out of 10. Highs are very clean and extended, if not the last word in refinement (compared to mega-dollar speakers). The most important part of the audio spectrum would be the mids, and these excel at them. Very natural and warm. Depending on the recording, bass can be a little lite. But what it can do, it does well. Tight and tuneful. Another area of excellence is imaging. Instruments and voices in the lateral plane are pin-point accurate. Vertical is okay (sounds can float above and below the drivers as long as the recording has it). Depth is also "okay". I am curious to hear a depth "champ". Make sure to bi-wire, it has an effect that is not subtle. These are not placement-picky, but they seem to sound best out into the room, away from walls a few feet (hence the lite bass at times). I would also allow a LOT of break-in time, could be months for a casual listener. Seems to get better every day! These speakers seem to thrive on a powerful amp. I went from a Denon 65 wpc to a Rotel 200 wpc, it made all the difference. Just for the record, I'm using Rotel RB 991 power, Rotel RC995 pre, Pro-Ject Perspective with a Grado Platinum, cabling by Straight Wire, Audioquest and the Monster 1.4 Bi-wire (hhmmm...like to see what AQ Slate would sound like...)

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I love these speakers! I went to the store with the intention of buying the Paradigm Monitor 9's. Although I did like the sound of the Monitor 9's, the Studio 60's had a more crisp and lifelike sound. It is surprising that they can get so much clean sound out of such a small package. What it does lack in the very lowest bass is easily made up for with my Velodyne S-1200 subwoofer, even with the sub turned way down. I found it amazing that I could visualize the position of every instrument and vocal in the music. Perhaps I was deprived with my old pair of JBL LX55's, but I'm more than making up for it now.

After listening to JBL-L5 for almost two years now which I liked when I hadmy Aragon 8008st, but since going thru my system I them to be the weak link.
I'm Running a B&K 4090 AV Preamp & Rotel 985 five channel Amp , Also using
Cardas Interconnects & speaker cables. JBL's are an in your face speaker but there was something about there tweeters I just loved. Anyway looking for a speaker that would sound good playing all kinds of music from Enya to Black
Sabbath and also performing well in HT was what I wanted. After a few months reading and trying many speakers I found myself falling in love with the
Paradigm's studio 60's. Concerned they wouldn't produce the bass I wanted
was a real concern but once I brought them Home and listened to a wide range
of music I nolonger had any concerns about the bass which I actually found
to be very tight & well controlled. The tweeter's in the paradigm's compared
to the JBL's & several other speakers were refreshing. This is a speaker
that can play all types of music & work wonderful listening to DVD or
DTS cd's. I can say this the pair of Martin Logan's I tried had a very
small selection of music that sounded nice. No question buy the Speaker!!!!!

I just bought these speakers, and paid the extra $200 to get the rosewood finish. I have two mono block Hafler amps. I didn't think I would need a subwoofer,but I am quite wrong. They sound good; not great. Not sure what the hype about Paradigm is all about. I do hope that when I do buy a subwoofer that everything will come together.

Anyways, this speaker is quite a decent speaker and can hold it's own to all in it's price range IMHO. My theory is that no truely high end company will make crap. All of them try to do something right. Whatever this something is thats what makes different people like different components. Paradimg just pushes all my buttons and gives me fuzzies and all that other good stuff so my rating is a four. Doesn't do it for me as much as the studio 20 or 100.