Here is my post from AVS Forum:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1012827

I liked the sound quality from the B&W 804S and HTM3S, but to me they did not sound like $6000 speakers. Even though there is a major improvement over my older DM604, I just thought it would be more so for speakers costing this much.
I'm sure part of the reason they cost $6000 is because of the "Made in England", high build quality, real wood, and weak U.S. dollar.
My DM604's are pushing 10 years old, and I've had zero problems with them and they are still in excellent condition.

So that's when someone mentioned to me about trying the Paradigm brand, which I never even heard of. They said the S6 sounded better than the B&W 803D, which cost almost twice as much, and the C5 center was better than the B&W HTM2D center.
When I heard that, I wanted to find out more about them, before taking to time go to a dealer and audition them. I hope that I'll have time on friday to try them out and see if their sound quality is equal or better than the B&W 804S/HTM3S. Most reviews have focused on the S8, since it is the largest speaker they make, but at that price I could not get the center speaker, plus I think the S8 would be too big for the living room.

If you get a chance to hear them Friday, I'd be curious to know what your thoughts are.

The dealer is going to be out most of the day on an install, so I can't try then out until next week.

What was it about the S6's sound quality that you liked over the B&Ws?
It was back in Jan that I tried out the 804S, so I'd have to try and remember how they sounded when I am able to try the S6.
I cannot find any dealer in South FL that sells both to do an A/B compair.

My other other question about the S6 would be about the build quality. I've had my DM604 for almsot 10 years, and they're built to last. The 804S is also built very well. Do you think the S6 is made to the same Q.C. standards as B&W and should last for many year?

I'm not the type of person that likes to repalce speakers every year or so like other people do.

I took the plunge and ordered the 7500 while it was on sale. I hope to have it by next week. Still haven't tried the Paradigms yet, but will soon.

I've had the 7500 for 3 weeks now and have noticed an improvement with the sound quality with my older B&Ws.
While the 7125 was good (and better than my old Adcom amp), the 7500 produces greater detail across the audio spectrum.
I have noticed that lower frequencies are tighter and more separation in instruments (double bass/cello), midrange is clearer, and highs are smoothers.
Just from those changes, going with the 7500 was worth it.

I decided to replace my speakers with the B&W 804S and HTM3S.
I was never able to try the Paradigms since there are not alot of dealers. One dealer has no product to demo, as they are moving, and the second dealer only had the larger (and more expensive) S8 and no center (C3/C5).
I'm not the type of person that buys speakers without trying them first, so this was a strike against them.
Then the B&W dealer is advertising a 'No Interest & No Payments for 18 month' which would help alot.
So based on these circumstances, I went with the B&Ws and hope to have them within a week.

The only other thing I am looking to do this month is to replace my older MIT rca interconnect cables for some high-end MIT xlr balanced interconnect cables.
Then later on I might see about changing out the older MIT speaker cables for a higher model to match the interconnects.