looking for advice on bookshelf speakers

Thanks to everyone so far . Some great points. There is a Dynaudio retailer here in MN. I will be checking them out. Also will be looking into a tubed integrated as suggested.

Just before looking to see how this thread was coming along i had an idea about replacing the tweeters on the paradigms with the silk dome tweets and started a thread in the tech talk dept to see if that would be a possibility.

I really like the mids and bass response of the paradigms. A new pair of silk tweete are around $90 from partsexpress. That would be a huge money saver if they are compatible.

I am using Kimber Kable Hero interconnects. MIT AVT 1 speaker cable. I have a PSE studio 2 amp and PSE studio l linestage . along with a NAD integrated and a Van Alstine omega 3 amp . I will be selling all of those to fund a new/used integratd .

Meiwan , what line of the cardas products do you recommend ? my comfort level for price is :$100-300 for speaker cables and up to $200 for ic's (used prices).It's funny you mention exposure, as last night i was also recommended that brand from a guy i bought a NAD piece from.

Nothing yet . I will hear the dynaudio and Spendor in a month or two.The harbeths intrigue me also .