Internet reviews are a really good way to identify some of the best, most consistently good-value products in almost any hobby or field. If you look at this sub, you would think there are only a dozen brands in the entire hardware industry (I even made a meme about it).
There is so much great gear out there that you will never find reading reviews and forums. Not that there’s anything wrong with LS50’s and Schiit and Topping and SVS and Monoprice. But I think we would all do ourselves a favor to try to listen to a wide array of equipment, especially used equipment, which is often fantastic and worth 10x its cost in sound quality.
I had a pair of Soma floor standing speakers that were amazing. I don’t even know if they exist today. My Paradigm speakers were fantastic again never hear about them. Good post
I have/had Paradigm 3, 5, and 7 (some se, can’t recall which), all for free/next to nothing, and all sounded fantastic! I would put them up against anything new for under $1,000, as a value-for-dollar perspective, they’re incredible.