Ed,
I own Paradigm and B&W Nautilus. IMHO Paradigm are very good sounding speakers but if not matched well with hardware they can be a little hard on the ears after a couple hours.
Actually I know *some* consider Nautilus bright, but I feel those people are mistaking bright for accurate.
You wanna talk bright? Now that's Klipsch R7's.
I had that setup for 2 months and my ears hated almost every minute they were on. I was lucky enough to find someone to take them off of my hands without me having to take a loss. Those horns are brutal, especially if you don't have a warm receiver.