A recent score - Paradigm Monitor 11's

RuSsMaN
RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
edited December 2004 in Speakers
Picked these up this week. Similar to the RTi150 in layout.

Nice speakers, you Dallas local guys start emptying your piggie banks.

Cheers,
Russ
Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2004
    Single - they image like a ****, and have an articulate bass response. A lot of fun to listen to.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • gatemplin
    gatemplin Posts: 1,595
    edited November 2004
    Great speakers. I believe those are the version 2 Monitor 11s. Someone should snag these for a 2 channel rig.
    Graham
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited November 2004
    I've thought about those often as a possible next upgrade. I have a constant competition between those and the Energy C-9's.
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  • hotwheelman
    hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
    edited November 2004
    Nice snag russ, I have demoed these before and really dig em.


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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited November 2004
    Nice speakers! I'm beginning to see why all y'all have so many systems; 'cause you have so many speakers! wonder which room I could put another system in.....lol
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited November 2004
    Very cool. I bet they can pump out some serious bass.

    Maurice
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  • Aqs612scag
    Aqs612scag Posts: 102
    edited November 2004
    Hello,
    I checked out the Paradigm site and the monitor 11s has a port on the bottom, these look a lot like the 90p's?
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2004
    They are Monitor 11's. There is more than one model of that speaker and series.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2004
    Yep.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • RayChuang
    RayChuang Posts: 16
    edited November 2004
    Of course, it better sound good given how much these Paradigms probably cost. :eek:

    Whether they "image" better than the Polk RTA-11t (my brother gave me these speakers!) is another matter though. :)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited December 2004
    Paradigm Monitor 11 MSRP - $1000

    Polk RTA 11T MSRP - $950

    Yeah, they cost SO much more than the Polks did - and considering I have had both in my home, I can honestly say these sound better in almost every aspect over the 11's.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • RayChuang
    RayChuang Posts: 16
    edited December 2004
    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    Yeah, they cost SO much more than the Polks did - and considering I have had both in my home, I can honestly say these sound better in almost every aspect over the 11's.

    I'm sure the Paradigm Monitor 11's sound better than the RTA-11t given that the Monitor 11 is of very recent vintage. :) I believe that the RTA-11t dates from the early 1990's in terms of design....
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited December 2004
    Vintage has little to nothing to do with how good a speaker sounds. I've got speakers from the 80's that sound better than the Monitor 11's. I've got speakers from the 60's that if you took them in a room, with a 10w push-pull amp - we'd never see you again.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,815
    edited December 2004
    Those look STRANGELY like the Polk monitor line, feet - silver face...

    Yup yup...

    And BTW, the past 3 or so posts have been funny...

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