Paradigm Personas anyone heard them


No reviews on these yet that I can find. Curious if anyone has heard them and what were your impressions. Also any comparisons to the outgoing signature series?
thanks
mofojo
What were they using for gear? 

Any speaker with superior resolution may sound that way, 

The trick is always to use the right equipment to pair with them that has the right warmth to make the sound balanced.

Try the Personas on Naim, T+A gear, Manley Labs, Conrad Johnson and you will be amazed. 

Wrong setup, cabling, dac and yes they will drive you out of the room, they are not laid back, they are extremely revealing. 



I would also add the same applies to Magico, Wilson, Rockport etc

I have heard Radiho speakers sound really good and I have also heard them being bright and harsh. 

Any high resolution speakers will show you both the good and bad of the setup.

The Bookshelf, and the 3F are less finicky then the big boys which as i said deserve the best in matching gear. 

The 9H are extraordinarily transparent and will show you everything that is both right and wrong in your setup. 

So with any true reference speakers the care in setup and system matching is crucial. 

I am sure if you ask enough people here you will get the same response about many of the world's best speakers, if the setup wasn't to their liking.

It is just like a high end sports car, put in the wrong gas, put on the wrong tires and the car will drive like crap. 




Macintosh separates....usually always warm sounding.  I've owned some of the other speakers you mentioned.  These are just not voiced for music...maybe for the hard of hearing, but not for lovers of music.
Again something is not right with the setup the speakers are accurate but hardly bright or non musical. What did the dealer say about the setup? Were they thrilled with it or where they saying we just got these in do you want to check them out and perhaps they were not finished with the setup or the speakers weren't fully broken in?

The other possibility is that this dealer just doesn't know how to setup a good system. I have seen it before in many dealerships. I am not saying that we are necessarily better, but lets face facts just because you can put out an expensive system doesn't mean you have the experience to make a great sounding one. 

I have seen dealers with sound rooms without a lick of acoustical treatments, with sound rooms that had slap echo, no power conditioners, stock power cords, wrong or inexpensive cabling, no vibration control etc.

I will also say that your Krell Resolution speakers are a bit dull in the top end, I am not saying the speakers aren't good, I have heard them and many other speakers with the ring radiator tweeter and although the tweeter is rated to go to 20k and above they don't sound that way they sound way more recessed than the current generation of metal tweeters. 

So one person's musical is another persons dull. 

Anyone who thinks that Paradigm one of North America's biggest and most successful companies can't make a world class speaker is smoking something. 

If the sound isn't to your liking I can understand that, however, if I was getting the same results like you were getting in your demo I wouldn't jump to such hasty conclusions, but question what is going on with the setup, and were the speakers broken in?