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Which would you choose and why?

Thanks for your input/help.

The two have very different characters, that really can't be summarized in a sentence or two. Check out the Stereophile reviews at
http://www.stereophile.com/standloudspeakers/705paradigm
and
http://stereophile.com/standloudspeakers/820,
respectively. (The latter reprint includes the followup reviews from 1998 and 2003.)

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile