P.S. Bombaywalla -- I think it's unfair to imply that the S8s are junk.Bifwynne, sorry I never intended to call the Paradigm S8s to be junk. In my post I meant to say that the marketplace is littered with speakers with very mediocre/poor performance. The comment was not intended to single out any one speaker product. I have NO intention of starting a speaker war here; I would like to be very clear on this point.
OTOH, I think Bombaywalla's comment about me being in "sonic hell" may be a bit extreme.LOL! :-D OK, it might have been.
But, I took my ques from the following statements Bifwynne wrote in his various posts:
I drive a pair of Paradigm S8s (v3) with an ARC VS-115 tube amp. I can't think of a worse match because the S8s have one of the most wacko impedance curve and phase angle plots....
I was feeling a bit down....
If I was to flip speakers, I probably would opt for the Revel Studio 2s, but would need to also flip for a high quality tube amp, maybe the new Ayre VX-5. Dunno???- there's confusion! He's thinking of flipping equipment. I inferred (now I know incorrectly) that he was hitting rock-bottom w/ his present components.