Paradigm Founder 120H

After years of patience. I find that these speakers punch well above their weight. I used to own Studio 100 v.2 and 20s v.2. The 20s I just sold this last week. These had stereophile in disbelief. At a time when Mirage was loosing it's way and the M1s were just a figment of the past, these stood the test of time. I just had Atlas Audio deliver them after they had them in their audiophile room for 20 minutes. I said. I will buy them now. I like the Personas, but these sound more lively. I do enjoy excellent audio as I've been classically trained since 4 years of age. For my mains, I run Focal Nova Utopia Bes. I find the Personas not quite like the big focals; however, for dollar value... These Founder 120h will punch well into that territory. I paired them with a new NAD M33. I found these lively and 3 dimensional. I replaced my kitchen speakers with these with no questions asked. Given the pricing and the fact that they return to Paradigm's roots of value and performance... It's just a simple yes let's take them away... immediately. I was saying to my friends at Atlas, of which I have purchased many decent systems... These make sense to me. I find some stereos now are like my photographic passion... You can spend 15000 on a Canon Lens, some of which I have... but then, I left Canon for Sony and Fujifilm as the lenses are too clinical. The same goes with some speakers nowadays. You can have perfect specs and have no soul. You can have the most perfect photograph... and it looks stale with no character. I can adapt some old vintage Pentax lenses that aren't optically perfect but the bokeh blows away modern glass. You'll get vignetting and some chromatic aberration, but you'll get a look that gives character, passion and soul. You can get perfection at the sacrifice of soul and passion. Think Kaizen... continuous improvement leads to perfection, but also... frustration. If you have achieved perfection, what's left?