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While there are many players in the sub-$1,000 floor-standing enthusiast speaker market, Paradigm's Monitor SE 6000F are without question a top contender. They have a dynamic, lively sound that is never harsh, yet packs the dynamics needed to rock out on the most challenging of music and keep up with the most bombastic of motion picture soundtracks. These speakers are designed with trickle-down technology that can only come from a top-level speaker company, and they're super-easy to drive with anything from a small audiophile amplifier to one of today's feature packed, yet highly affordable home theater AV receivers.

What’s outstanding about these speakers is the neutral presentation that’s cohesive and balanced. I didn’t sense any unnecessary exaggeration, nor anything that could be described as an egregious omission. This is the recipe that allows you to listen to the music, or the movie soundtrack, instead of listening to the speaker itself.

For us, the Paradigm Monitor / Atom with the Defiance V10 is a new reference here on the editorial board, in the category “best home cinema sound everyone can afford.

It brings back the “what matters most” of the hobby: People enjoying music and movies, not sweating whether their gear sounds good… because it does. At Paradigm they seem to remember that’s the goal, and with the Monitor SE series, they achieve it. It’s a Top Choice for a an “affordable premium” speaker system.

A 5.5-inch surround with carbon-infused polypropylene cone with a larger PPA lens handles the midrange frequency driver, and two 5.5-inch ART surround polypropylene cones provide the bottom end.