Features
Step up to Crafted in Canada Performance.
You’ve been thinking about it for a while, and now is the time to take that next step. Step up from mass-market audio to a superior sound experience, with the new Premier Series of affordable high-performance loudspeakers. Step up to Crafted in Canada quality that makes an authentic statement. Step up to exclusive audio technologies, backed by fundamental industry-leading audio research, for a performance experience unlike anything else in this class. Take the audiophile step up to Premier, by Paradigm.
Crafted in Canada
Premier Series speakers are designed, engineered, and made in Paradigm’s state-of-the-art 225,000 ft2 Canadian facility. Paradigm chose heavy duty, non-resonant 3/4-inch MDF, with optimally placed interior bracing, and reinforced front baffles to ensure an audio performance beyond any other in this price range. Smooth front baffles, enhanced with 1-inch MDF, reduce diffraction and improve sound radiation characteristics. You can feel the Premier build quality that comes from true handcrafted manufacturing. Beautiful, furniture-grade finishes complete this new standard of performance and value.
Tapered Cabinet Design
The striking tapered-angle architectural design reduces back-wave reflections for more accurately dispersed audio reproduction with minimal coloration.
Performance & Value
To produce a loudspeaker that meets our standards for performance and value, Paradigm took complete control of the manufacturing process, an unprecedented move at this price point. In our state-of-the-art North American facility, Paradigm have produced a loudspeaker that defies convention; a homegrown loudspeaker that benefits from innovations found throughout the Paradigm family of loudspeakers.
PARTNERED WITH THE NRC
Paradigm is partnered with Canada’s world-renowned NRC in ongoing research to reveal the true nature of sound and human hearing. Findings influence design and performance specs, resulting in a uniquely realistic listening experience, backed by sound science.
Exclusive Perforated Phase-Aligning (PPA™) Tweeter and Midrange Lens Technology
Distinctive perforated lens in front of the tweeter and midrange drivers increase and smooth output without coloring the sound, while also protecting the drivers from getting damaged.
Patented Active Ridge Technology (ART™) Surrounds
Premier features Paradigm’s patented Active Ridge Technology (ART) surrounds, made in-house and overmolded directly onto each woofer and midrange cone. This design achieves greater excursion, for a 3dB gain in output and 50% reduction in distortion. Crafted from injection-molded thermoplastic elastomer, ART surrounds are more durable and more reliable, ensuring a lifetime of superior sound.
Specifications
General
Speaker Type
Indoor
Color
Brown
Frequency Response
• On-Axis: ±2dB from 68 Hz - 22 kHz
• 30° Off-Axis: ±3dB from 68 Hz - 18 kHz
• 30° Off-Axis: ±3dB from 68 Hz - 18 kHz
Sensitivity
• Room: 90 dB
• Anechoic: 87 dB
• Anechoic: 87 dB
Amplifier Recommended Range
15 watts - 130 watts
Impedance
8 ohms
Number of Drivers
2
Speakers
High-Frequency Drivers
1" (25mm) X-PAL™ dome, ferro-fluid damped / cooled, Perforated Phase-Aligning Tweeter (PPA™) Lens
Midrange Drivers
6-1/2" (165mm) ART™ Surround with Carbon-Infused polypropylene cone. Perforated Phase-Aligning (PPA™) Lens
Bass Drivers
6-1/2" (165mm) ART™ Surround with Carbon-Infused polypropylene cone. Perforated Phase-Aligning (PPA™) Lens
Dimensions
Width
7.8 inch(es) / 19.8 cm
Height
13.19 inch(es) / 33.5 cm
Depth
12.64 inch(es) / 32.1 cm
Weight
8.16 kg (each)
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