Wildfoxinn, sorry your perception of the B&W vs Paradigm Personas is wildly off base.
B&W Diamond tweeter with a Kevlar composite midrange driver
vs
Paradigm Persona, Pure Beryillium tweeter, with a pure Beryillium midrange.
B&W no wave guide
vs
Paradigm waveguide for both tweeter and midrange driver.
Persona composite pressure bent completely curved non parallel cabinet mdf fused glue layer cabinet
vs
B&W multi chamber plywood cabinet with matrix bracing and composite midrange pod with top mounted tweeter.
Paradigm Persona 9H four woofer design with active room correction and self amplified bass
vs
B&W 800 Passive louspeaker without room correction.
The only way these two designs are remotely similar is that they both fall into the uber resolution camp.
As per Joseph Audio being easily replicated Mr. Joseph’s crossover designs are patented and based on the JSE Infinite slope design, not to mention the years he spent voicing the loudspeakers, also his "off the shelf" parts may be custom made versions of the same drivers. Hey we are not going to disagree with you we think the speakers are a bit expensive for what you get however, many people love them.
Jtofish, RIGHT ON MAN! Speaker A can sound great or poor depending on the electronics, source components cabling and room. Speaker B with those same components may sound better because of a system synergy that works better either with the equipment, source components, cabling or room.
This is why we match brighter speakers like the Personas with warmer electronics, Coda, Electrcompaniet, Naim, Krell. Same thing with the Elac Adantes play them on Naim or Parasound you make one terrific value oriented system.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Persona dealers
B&W Diamond tweeter with a Kevlar composite midrange driver
vs
Paradigm Persona, Pure Beryillium tweeter, with a pure Beryillium midrange.
B&W no wave guide
vs
Paradigm waveguide for both tweeter and midrange driver.
Persona composite pressure bent completely curved non parallel cabinet mdf fused glue layer cabinet
vs
B&W multi chamber plywood cabinet with matrix bracing and composite midrange pod with top mounted tweeter.
Paradigm Persona 9H four woofer design with active room correction and self amplified bass
vs
B&W 800 Passive louspeaker without room correction.
The only way these two designs are remotely similar is that they both fall into the uber resolution camp.
As per Joseph Audio being easily replicated Mr. Joseph’s crossover designs are patented and based on the JSE Infinite slope design, not to mention the years he spent voicing the loudspeakers, also his "off the shelf" parts may be custom made versions of the same drivers. Hey we are not going to disagree with you we think the speakers are a bit expensive for what you get however, many people love them.
Jtofish, RIGHT ON MAN! Speaker A can sound great or poor depending on the electronics, source components cabling and room. Speaker B with those same components may sound better because of a system synergy that works better either with the equipment, source components, cabling or room.
This is why we match brighter speakers like the Personas with warmer electronics, Coda, Electrcompaniet, Naim, Krell. Same thing with the Elac Adantes play them on Naim or Parasound you make one terrific value oriented system.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Persona dealers