Robert, Anytime. Glad to help. I am always willing to help somepne buy MA's. When paired with the right receiver they are truely wonderful. Your NAD and the MA's will make beautiful music together for years.
I have the Monitor Audio GR10 as fronts plus the GR10 center paired with a NAD 763. It is a great combination! The MA's match up well with the NAD. I haven't heard the Radius line but, if it has the MA characteristics, it should match up well, too. If you have a dealer, see if you can listen to the pairing to see if it offers the sound you are seeking.
How is MA S2 compare with Paradigm Studio 20 when using a good receiver(match)? Do I have to dump my MA B2 to go with S2 or Studio 20?Also is there a big difference in sound quality between the B2 and S2?
Iarz, MA and Paradigm have very different sonics. Both are great and my two favorite speaker line even though they are so disimilar. If you currrently have the B2 you can pick up a pair of S2 for the front and move the B2 to the rear. That would be just fine. My experience with the Bronze series is only with the B1 in my kitchen and I really like them. I did hook them up for a short time in my main system as rears and they sounded very good. What receiver are you using? That is very important as you seem to know by yout question.
Thanks. Right now my I'm using a Marantz 5300 with the B2 and I really like it.I have also a NAD T743 for 2 weeks, I bought it because I was too much intrigued by NAD and plan to sell my Marantz.Do you think it's the right decision?I want to keep them both but I can not afford at the moment.Anyway the NAD is not yet final and I'am returning it if they don't fix the hiss issue and my dealer is aware of that.Do I have to stick with Marantz?Can I use the Bronze center with the S2? To my ears both receivers sound good.Nad is cleaner but the Marantz has better bass extension.
I would not mix main and center speakers from different line-ups. Silver with Silver and Bronze with Bronze. Surrounds can be slightly different, but same series would be best for that also.
I would also say use the Silver center. It's a really great center and a big reason I went with MA's. If you are having a hiss problem with the NAD I would not keep it and keep the Marantz instead. Marantz and MA is a very hard combo to beat at the price range we are talking about. I realize lots of people love NAD and I do too but there have been too many problems with them lately for me to tell someone to spend their money on one. I guess I'm glad NAD doesn't have enough inputs for my system or I might have been tempted also. I don't need anymore headaches, I'e got enough with my computer as it is.