Hi MMartin
Check out Emotiva's lounge.
http://emotivalounge.proboards.com/index.cgi
There are members there who love the Paradigm/Emotiva combination. Most are friendly just ask.
Although from some threads I've seen there the XPA-5 were the ones favored to power Paradigm speakers.
As for brightness I guess it depends on the owner and their gear. I have a UPA-7 and it sounds great after about 20 mins of warm up. I think it only sounded a bit lean to me ears when I would just power it up and listen right off the bat.
Check out Emotiva's lounge.
http://emotivalounge.proboards.com/index.cgi
There are members there who love the Paradigm/Emotiva combination. Most are friendly just ask.
Although from some threads I've seen there the XPA-5 were the ones favored to power Paradigm speakers.
As for brightness I guess it depends on the owner and their gear. I have a UPA-7 and it sounds great after about 20 mins of warm up. I think it only sounded a bit lean to me ears when I would just power it up and listen right off the bat.