Sadly I have never audition the B&W 601 S3. But I heard good and bad thing's about them mostly good. Like I said you should audition the speaker and see what fit on your budget and your hear and see for yourself if Energy and paradigm are worth the extra money. For Energy authorize dealer go to...
If you want build quality and a very nice tweeter, you should audition Energy Connoisseur. In my opinion, in their price range there's nothing like it. Their strongest asset is there tweeter. But it's all good.;) Here are some review from soundstage. The flagship C-9...