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I auditioned a pair, before I bought my Paradigm Monitor 7s, two years ago. I don't have a particularly "well developed" ear, and I had to trek 20 minutes between stores (and generally on different nights), it was hard to pinpoint the differences in sound. I wish I could remember the model, but the store owner was offering the floor models to me for around $450 for the pair. Given the price, I was fairly impressed and considered purchasing them.
This model sported decoupled tweeters. It's obviously difficult to say exactly what they sounded like, 2 years after the fact, but those tweeters were touted as being less bright and less harsh than the more common metallic (platinum and titanium) tweeters. If I had listened to some Van Halen on them, I could probably comment better. I guess I preferred the more lively sound of the Monitor 7s though, and I thought the 7s were a better looking and better built speaker. They're also HUGE compared to the Jamos. But, the 7s were also more than $200 above the cost of the Jamos.
If the owner (it's a very small shop) has a priced equivalent to the 7s, my decision *may* have been different.
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