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Thread: Ascend CMT-340M vs. Paradigm Monitor 5 |
    
Silver Member Username: Twebbz
Ann Arbor,
Michigan
USA
Post Number: 230
Registered: Apr-04
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| Posted on Saturday, August 20, 2005 - 01:15 pm: |
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Just wondering if anyone has had a chance to listen to and compare these two speakers. They are about the same size, configuration and price.
Edster...any thoughts? |
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Bronze Member Username: Quinn
Post Number: 34
Registered: Aug-05
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| Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2005 - 07:44 am: |
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The Ascend 340 is the better of these two. The 340 and a good little sub like a Hsu STF-1 compares to the Studio 100s. |
Gold Member Username: Edster922
Abubala,
Ababala
The Occupation
Post Number: 1597
Registered: Mar-05
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| Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2005 - 09:42 am: |
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Rick,
as a matter of fact, if I had not gone Internet-direct I probably would've bought the Monitor 5 myself. I enjoyed them, heard them in a shop through a variety of receivers one of which was the Marantz 5500, which was a good combo. Excellent detail though leaning a bit on the bright side at high volumes, but overall a very open and dynamic presentation. Preferred it to the Monitor 7 and 9 actually, though those obviously had better bass. I don't think the midrange performance could keep up with the 340s though.
Plus I figure if a brick-and-mortar store is selling the Monitor 5s for the same price as the Ascend 340s, the Paradigm-direct price (if Paradigm ever sold direct of course) would probably be around $400 instead of $550-600 which indicates they are probably not of the same manufacturing quality/cost.
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