Paradigm Founder 80F | 2.5-way floorstanding speaker (piece)

65561
CHF2,760.00 Tax included
Supplier stock – typically 4 to 7 days
Paradigm Founder 80F, a 2.5-way passive floorstanding speaker with a bass-reflex enclosure, sold individually. An AL-MAC ceramic tweeter, an AL-MAG mid/bass driver and two 152 mm CARBON-X woofers take the bass down to 28 Hz.
Color : Dark Wood
Quantity
Supplier delivery time usually 4 to 7 days

The minimum purchase order quantity for the product is 2.

Upper part of a Midnight Cherry tower without its grille, tweeter and drivers visible

Tweeter and AL-MAG mid/bass driver

The 25 mm tweeter with an aluminium, magnesium and ceramic dome works with an OSW waveguide that directs the treble towards the listening area. Just below it, a 152 mm ultra-high-excursion AL-MAG mid/bass driver handles voices and instruments. Both carry a perforated PPA lens that aligns the phase of the frequencies.

Close-up of a CARBON-X cone woofer and its surround

Two CARBON-X woofers

Two 152 mm woofers with one-piece CARBON-X cones reinforce the bass below 500 Hz, in true 2.5-way fashion. Their ART surround, vertical mounting and Advanced Shock-Mount decoupling keep distortion low at high levels. The bass extends down to 28 Hz to the DIN standard.

Faceted walnut side panel of the tower

Braced faceted cabinet

The faceted cabinet is reinforced inside with Cascade-Fusion bracing, which stiffens the walls and breaks up standing waves. The Founder Series is designed, engineered and built near Toronto, Canada. Walnut and Black Walnut have a satin finish, while Midnight Cherry and Piano Black are hand-rubbed high gloss.

Gloss black rear panel with binding posts and decoupling feet

Decoupled feet and bi-amping

The Advanced Shock-Mount feet decouple the cabinet from the floor and adjust from above, with hardware for carpet and for hard floors. The dual binding posts allow bi-wiring or bi-amping, with a recommended amplifier power of 15 to 220 W. The tower is sold individually, stands 97.1 cm tall and weighs 23.6 kg.

Dark Wood = Black Walnut; Black = Piano Black; Walnut = Walnut; Dark red = Midnight Cherry
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Data sheet

Product Type
2.5-way bass-reflex floorstanding speaker
Features
2nd-order electro-acoustic crossover at 1.8 kHz (tweeter), 2nd order at 500 Hz (bass)
Brand
Paradigm
Color
Black lacquer
Black walnut
Cherry Tree
Walnut
Technology
Ported
Series
Founder
Nominal impedance
Compatible with 8 ohms
Sensitivity
93 dB (room) / 90 dB (anechoic)
Connections
Dual binding posts, bi-wire or bi-amp
Tweeter
1 inch (25 mm) AL-MAC ceramic dome, OSW waveguide, PPA tweeter lens, ferrofluid damped and cooled
Woofer
2 x 6 inch (152 mm) ultra-high-excursion CARBON-X woofers, ART surround, Vertical Mounting System, Advanced Shock-Mount isolation, 1.5 inch multi-layer voice coil
6 inch (152 mm) ultra-high-excursion AL-MAG mid/bass, PPA lens, ART surround, Vertical Mounting System, Advanced Shock-Mount isolation, 1.5 inch voice coil
Frequency response
50 Hz - 20 kHz (± 2 dB, 30° off-axis)
50 Hz - 23 kHz (± 2 dB, on-axis)
Low-frequency extension 28 Hz (DIN 45 500, -3 dB in-room)
Recommended amplifier power
15 - 220 W
Power handling
180 W
Width
29.8 cm
Depth
35.6 cm
Height
97.1 cm
Unit weight
23.6 kg

Specific References

EAN13
0809918025798
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