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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!

 

Paradigm® Reference

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SA-LCR 3

4-driver, 3-way in-wall left / center / right system, critical bracing and volume supplied by required Paradigm BX-LCR 3 backbox (sold sep.)


Overview

A Fully Integrated Approach to State-of-the-Art In-Wall Music
and Home Theater

Beyond the hype, other in-wall speaker brands simply can’t come close to this kind of performance. The SA-LCR 3 in-wall system is designed for music and movie enthusiasts who demand the award-winning performance delivered by our freestanding Paradigm Reference Studio speakers, but within a minimalist aesthetic.

Exceptional Installation Flexibility

… install three SA-LCR 3’s in the wall behind a perforated screen or in a Left / Center / Right configuration around an on-wall display. Used as a center channel, the unified tweeter / midrange assembly can be rotated 90°. The precision and accuracy of the crossover design maintains the proper dispersion pattern between drivers and the interaction between drivers and baffle, preserving sonic integrity.

Why a Backbox is an Integral Part of the In-Wall Design?

Installing the high-end SA-LCR 3 into its backbox serves a number of purposes:

• Required support for the speaker mounting frame and baffle assembly;

• In concert with the IMS/SHOCK-MOUNT™ system removes opportunity for unwanted resonances or standing waves to color output;

• Ensures optimum volume—improving overall sound quality, promoting deep, clear and concise bass response while helping to reduce distortion to inaudible levels;

• Reduces acoustic bleed-through to adjacent rooms.

 

 

Specifications

SPECIFICATIONS
Design 4-driver, 3-way in-wall left / center / right
system, critical bracing and volume supplied
by required Paradigm BX-LCR 3 backbox
(sold sep.)
Crossovers 3rd-order electro-acoustic at 2.5 kHz;
2nd-order electro-acoustic at 450 Hz
(bass drivers)
High-Frequency Driver 25-mm (1 in) G-PAL™ dome, die-cast
heatsink faceplate, IMS/SHOCK-MOUNT™
Midrange Driver 115-mm (4-1/2 in) S-PAL™ cone, 25-mm
(1 in) voice-coil, AVS™ die-cast heatsink
chassis, IMS/SHOCK-MOUNT™
Bass Drivers Two 178-mm (7 in) mineral-filled
polypropylene cones, 38-mm (1-1/2 in)
voice-coils, AVS™ die-cast heatsink
chassis, IMS/SHOCK-MOUNT™
Low-Frequency Extension* 42 Hz (DIN)
Frequency Response:
On-Axis
30° Off-Axis

±2 dB from 60 Hz - 22 kHz
±2 dB from 60 Hz - 20 kHz
Sensitivity - Room / Anechoic 93 dB / 89 dB
Suitable Amplifier Power Range 15 - 200 watts
Maximum Input Power† 150 watts
Impedance Compatible with 8 ohms
External Dimensions:
(D or H x W)
57.7 cm x 23.0 cm
22-3/4 in x 9-2/16 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
Speaker Weight (unpacked) 6.8 kg / 15 lb each
Backbox Weight (unpacked) 9.1 kg / 20 lb each
Finish White, paintable
Required Backbox (sold sep.) BX-LCR 3

* 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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