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While many speaker companies do not have the resources to design and manufacture their own drive units, Paradigm purpose-designs robust drivers for specific speakers.

 


 

To ensure superb consistency, our crossovers boast hand-selected precision parts.

Our high-power, high-current amplifiers with oversized power supplies and massive heatsinks deliver tremendous (and instantaneous) power output at all times.

Use your knuckles! Rap on our enclosures! As one reviewer asserted, they’re as dead as we claim in our literature! Acoustically inert high-density hardboard reinforced by strategically located radial braces limit unwanted resonances and increase enclosure stiffness. At other times, no bracing is even required on our speakers, even on our most powerful subwoofers as they pound out the deepest, loudest bass imaginable … it’s all in the design!

Custom speakers, often referred to as architectural speakers — designs hidden out of sight in a wall or ceiling (for those who don’t have the space or want a minimalist approach to music and home theater) — are growing in popularity. Again, Paradigm is leading the way in this area. When it comes to in-wall/in-ceiling speakers, there is no substitute for good design build on years of experience producing the very best sounding freestanding designs. More than 25 years of intensive research and design backed by cutting-edge technology, much of it proprietary, lie behind every custom speaker we produce. The result? Sound reproduction that rivals that of the very best freestanding designs.

Precision. Consistency. Long-term reliability. These are inherent characteristics of even the smallest Paradigm component part. Technology and design that represent true innovation in the pursuit of perfection in audio reproduction. Out of this come sonic accuracy and purity, a clean, detailed and transparent reproduction of the original performance, nothing more, nothing less.

It starts with knowledge, it ends with knowing, knowing that you’ve created a better product … an audibly better product. You hear it in every Paradigm speaker produced!

 

Signature

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SIG-ADP v.3

7-driver, 3-way in-wall surround / rear, Ultra-Rigid™ die-cast chassis / mounting bracket (optimized reverberant soundfield)


Overview

Our Industry-Leading ADP™ Technology in a 'Signature' In-Wall!

For years we were asked to design our ADP (Adapted Dipole) technology around an in-wall application. But an ADP in-wall speaker? Hmm! That was a tough one. Listening test after listening test and a host of ‘almost theres’ ended up on the testing room floor. That’s because we’re perfectionists. We wanted the whole package: a large reverberant non-localized soundfield with full-range response (and yes, we do mean FULL RANGE!) supported by Paradigm’s Ultra-Rigid™ die-cast mounting system. On top of that, in this case, we wanted Paradigm Reference Signature sound … the ultimate in reference quality sound, in a class all on its own!

ADP Technology: Surround Sound the Way it was Meant to be Heard!

Conventional forward-radiating speakers cannot reproduce movie theater surround sound in your home. If they are loud enough for their sound to blend with the front speakers they draw attention to themselves. Turn them down so they don’t distract you and they won’t blend with the fronts. ADP reverberant surround/rear technology is a whole different story:

• Just like movie theater speakers, Signature ADP technology envelops you in sound without drawing your attention away from the movie you’re watching;

• It adds size and dimension to the soundstage;

• It ensures a seamless transition when sounds and effects move from front and center speakers to surround and rear speakers;

• It’s ideal for multichannel music too! The large non-localized soundfield adds multidimensional realism to the acoustic space.

 

 

Specifications

SPECIFICATIONS
Design 7-driver, 3-way in-wall surround / rear,
Ultra-Rigid™ die-cast chassis / mounting
bracket (optimized reverberant soundfield)
Crossovers 3rd-order electro-acoustic at 2.5 kHz;
2nd-order electro-acoustic at 550 Hz
High-Frequency Drivers Two 25-mm (1 in) P-Be™ domes, rear damping
chamber with ARB™ fins and integrated
heatsink, dual super-neodymium magnets,
die-cast heatsink chassis
Midrange Drivers Four 29-mm (1-1/8 in) x 102-mm (4 in)
Co-PAL™ cones, 14-mm (9/16 in) four-layer
voice-coils, dual super-neodymium magnets,
AVS™ die-cast heatsink chassis,
IMS/SHOCK-MOUNT™
Bass Driver 210-mm (8 in) mineral-filled
polypropylene cone, 38-mm (1-1/2 in)
four-layer voice-coil, massive ceramic /
ferrite magnet, AVS™ die-cast heatsink
chassis, IMS/SHOCK-MOUNT™
Low-Frequency Extension* 38 Hz (DIN)
Frequency Response:
On-Axis
30° Off-Axis

±2 dB from 48 Hz - 45 kHz
(reverberant soundfield)
Sensitivity - Room / Anechoic 90 dB / 86 dB
Suitable Amplifier Power Range 15 - 180 watts
Maximum Input Power† 120 watts
Impedance Compatible with 8 ohms
External Dimensions:
(D or H x W)
51.0 cm x 23.1 cm
20-1/16 in x 9-1/16 in
Minimum Mounting Depth** 7.6 cm
3 in
Cutout Dimensions:
(D or H x W)
48.6 cm x 20.7 cm
19-2/16 in x 8-3/16 in
Minimum Internal Volume Required 20 L / 0.70 cu ft
Weight (unpacked) 5.6 kg / 12.3 lb each
Finish White, paintable
Pre-Construction Bracket (sold sep.) PB-8x19; retrofit included

* DIN 45 500. Indicates -3 dB in a typical listening room.

† With typical program source, provided the amplifier clips
no more than 10% of the time.

** Depth required is the distance between 1/2˝ drywall, or similar material.

 

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