As a Paradigm dealer, exotic Beryllium cones, as well as an ATC dealer, paper woofer, and soft dome tweeter, i say it is as Mmeysarosh says it is in the details.
To say a speaker is better just because it has a specific cone material is not looking at the entire design.
Beryllium is the holly grail out of most metals as it is extremely light and stiff and therefore makes the perfect piston, the metal is self damped and doesn't ring like aluminium or titanium, and the drivers are state of the art in terms of basket design, magnet and voice coil structure, they are very expensive drivers.
The clarity of the Paradigms is spectacular and along with the Acuton Diamond drivers these are the most resolute speakers around, however, with all of that resolution you have to work hard to create a musically satisfying sound by using electronics and sources which can work to create a musical sound to create a balance that most listeners will enjoy.
The ATC sound stunningly natural, do they have the same clarity no they do not, but boy do they sound good in a way that draws you in, and they still have great resolution and a very holographic sound stage.
To say a speaker is better just because it has a specific cone material is not looking at the entire design.
Beryllium is the holly grail out of most metals as it is extremely light and stiff and therefore makes the perfect piston, the metal is self damped and doesn't ring like aluminium or titanium, and the drivers are state of the art in terms of basket design, magnet and voice coil structure, they are very expensive drivers.
The clarity of the Paradigms is spectacular and along with the Acuton Diamond drivers these are the most resolute speakers around, however, with all of that resolution you have to work hard to create a musically satisfying sound by using electronics and sources which can work to create a musical sound to create a balance that most listeners will enjoy.
The ATC sound stunningly natural, do they have the same clarity no they do not, but boy do they sound good in a way that draws you in, and they still have great resolution and a very holographic sound stage.