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Paradigm Studio 60's

heeman

heeman

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My friend brought over his 60's V2 to check out his tweeters. He thought one of them were damaged...

Nope! Everything sounded just fine!!

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I have the same exact model... still like 'em! How about you? What did you think? How'd they compare to your main rig?
 
I always wanted to hear the 60's. I love the 100's and was just offered a good deal on a pair of 100's from a friend.
 
The only 60s I’ve ever heard were @saldog’s at a Batcave GTG a few years ago. They were some of the cleanest and clearest sounding speakers I’ve ever heard. I’ve been in awe of them ever since.
 
I have had my 60's V1 since 1998 and still love them.

I convinced my friend to buy ghis about 5 months ago. He thought he had a tweeter issue, but nope...........they cranked fine. The only difference between the V1 and V2 was cosmetic.

We used our 60's in our Texas HT, years ago with a CC and Studio 20's for surrounds..........the rig was awesome.

The 60's are great, however the C1's are just a totally different league.
 
I love my Paradigm rig downstairs. I have (all version 2) Studio 40's main, Studio 20's surrounds, Studio CC center, and an SVS PB 12 Plus 2 sub. I love them. I bought them all right, and for the money I have in the system, I cant see replacing them.

My brother has Studio 60's, studio ADP's, and Studio CC, with an SVS Cylinder sub. I really like his system too.
 
I'm still running the Studio/40 v.2 mains, Studio/CC v.2 center and ADP-370 surrounds I bought at the end of 2001 and they still sound great. I will upgrade the room before I upgrade the speakers, though I might swap the 370s and the Infinity's on rear surround duty for a couple pairs of Studio/20s (or buy some 100s and put the 40s in the back).
 
Randy said:
Do it!!!
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I have another speaker option I'm working on right now. If things should change I without doubt jump on this offer. It's a great plan B option to have. They are finished in the upgraded Rosenut veneers.
 
Zing said:
The only 60s I’ve ever heard were @saldog’s at a Batcave GTG a few years ago. They were some of the cleanest and clearest sounding speakers I’ve ever heard. I’ve been in awe of them ever since.
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They were v3's, for reference. The only negative i could say about them in my HT was that if you wanted to push them pretty loud, the "cleanliness" in their sound would break down. But perhaps it was because i was driving them with an Onkyo receiver...
 
saldog said:
They were v3's, for reference. The only negative i could say about them in my HT was that if you wanted to push them pretty loud, the "cleanliness" in their sound would break down. But perhaps it was because i was driving them with an Onkyo receiver...
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My 40s start to suffer when pushed beyond movie reference level, but that is pretty damn loud.
 
Haywood said:
My 40s start to suffer when pushed beyond movie reference level, but that is pretty damn loud.
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Holy SHIT! What are you doing dude? I have never heard mine whimper and I thought I have pushed them pretty hard too. My Paradigm system gets "pretty damn loud" as you stated. I cant really imagine wanting much more out of it.

Heck, maybe I am doing something wrong. :rofl:
 
Randy said:
Holy SHIT! What are you doing dude? I have never heard mine whimper and I thought I have pushed them pretty hard too. My Paradigm system gets "pretty damn loud" as you stated. I cant really imagine wanting much more out of it.

Heck, maybe I am doing something wrong. :rofl:
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Nerd moment...

The same speakers perform very differently in different rooms. Influencers such as the size of the room, acoustic characteristics of the room and seating distance can have a huge impact on how much power it takes to achieve a given SPL at the listening position. For example, if you are in a fairly large room with a controlled ambient reflection tone, the power needed to get 90dB SPL at the listening position might be 10W, but if you increase that distance to 9 feet, you'll need over 20W to get 90dB SPL. Start pushing the levels using less efficient speakers, or have a less reflective room and those power requirements can go up.

This learning moment has been brought to you by the passive aggressive know-it-all community.
 
Flint said:
Nerd moment...

The same speakers perform very differently in different rooms. Influencers such as the size of the room, acoustic characteristics of the room and seating distance can have a huge impact on how much power it takes to achieve a given SPL at the listening position. For example, if you are in a fairly large room with a controlled ambient reflection tone, the power needed to get 90dB SPL at the listening position might be 10W, but if you increase that distance to 9 feet, you'll need over 20W to get 90dB SPL. Start pushing the levels using less efficient speakers, or have a less reflective room and those power requirements can go up.

This learning moment has been brought to you by the passive aggressive know-it-all community.
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Right, and I understand all that. The system I am referencing (see what I did there?) is in a 25x25 room and I sit about 10 feet away. I get all the technical stuff, and I know all speakers can be pushed to their limits within a given system, Haywoods post just kind of surprised me a bit I guess.
 
Randy said:
Right, and I understand all that. The system I am referencing (see what I did there?) is in a 25x25 room and I sit about 10 feet away. I get all the technical stuff, and I know all speakers can be pushed to their limits within a given system, Haywoods post just kind of surprised me a bit I guess.
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Surprised me as well.
 
Full story. I was in a 15x22x12 room and pushing the levels up to somewhere around 100-110db with movie soundtracks when things started sounding compressed and strained. The speakers never made any horrible noises.
 
One of my favorite demo/ guilty pleasure pieces, and its much more guilty pleasure than demo, is Batalla Los Tambores from the Godsmack Changes DVD. I listen to this at stupid levels and probably much louder than anything else I watch or listen to and mine have never sounded strained.
 
Haywood said:
Full story. I was in a 15x22x12 room and pushing the levels up to somewhere around 100-110db with movie soundtracks when things started sounding compressed and strained. The speakers never made any horrible noises.
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Well done sir.

One of my favorite demo/ guilty pleasure pieces, and its much more guilty pleasure than demo, is Batalla Los Tambores from the Godsmack Changes DVD. I listen to this at stupid levels and probably much louder than anything else I watch or listen to and mine have never sounded strained.

BTW, none of the above comments have been intended to be negative or derogatory, I am honestly kind of impressed that DM played that shit that loud. :toast:
 
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