Athena AS-F1"s vs Paradigm 11SE mk11

[Maxtcc]

Hello everyone.

I seem to be in a quandary regarding whether I should forgo my Athena AS-F1's for a pair of Paradigm 11se mk11's.
I have the Paradigm 7se mk11's currently, as well as the athena AS-F1's,
I love the sound of the 7se's a bit better than the Athena's, but the Athena's have tremendous bass.

What do you all think , would I get the best of both worlds with the Paradigm 11Se-mk11's do you think. Or would I be wasting some time and money on the 11se's?

Opinions?

 

[Markw]

It looks like you're going from a two way, two driver system to a three way, four driver system. What do you think?

FWIW, I have the F1's in my system as well.

 

[Maxtcc]

It looks like you're going from a two way, two driver system to a three way, four driver system. What do you think?

FWIW, I have the F1's in my system as well.

I think strictly speaking the SE11's are a 3 speaker 2 way system as are the se7's mk3's, whereas the Athena's are a 2 speaker 2-way system.

I am wondering if I replace the Athena's and the SE7's with the SE11's
will I end up with good bass to go with the far reaching and clear mids and highs of the Paradigm SE7's.

I am trying to clear out some of my speaker collection. While improving the performance and clarity.

I have a few of the Paradigms, Titan V2's, 3se, 7se. and I am not sure if the 11Se's are a far enough improvement over the Se7's, really.

(For a 3 way I have Optimus 400's, which are good rock speakers.
for 4-way I have the amazing Sansui SP-x 8700's which astound for vocals and jazz.)

 

[Markw]

You are correct, it is apparantly the equivalent of the AS-F2. Again, what do you think?