Aprude51
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I recently attempted to setup a listening appointment for F206s at a dealer I found through the Revel website but discovered they had dropped Revel in favor of Paradigm. Although I didn't place much stock in the dealer's positive comments about Paradigm, especially because he denigrated Revel while playing Paradigm up, I was curious to learn if their products were worth auditioning.
I found that when it comes to “good” speaker design, their products are all over the place, especially for a company that professes a "scientific" approach to product development. I understand they work with the NRC in some capacity, and you would think that a company with access to such facilities wouldn’t produce speakers with such idiosyncratic frequency responses.
John Atkinson noted a similar feeling after measuring the Paradigm Prestige 95F:
“When I visited Paradigm's facility in Toronto in summer 2014, I was very impressed by the depth of the company's engineering and manufacturing expertise. They have a large anechoic chamber for acoustical analysis and state-of-the-art measuring equipment, including the Klippel system for analyzing the behavior of drive-units. I'm puzzled, therefore, by the departure of both samples from what I regard as an optimal target response”.
So, I guess I'm curious to know if anyone has an idea about what is going here. Are they pursuing some other ideals when designing their speakers? Do they have a "signature" sound that helps set them apart?
Some Examples:
These bookshelf speakers are $7K a pair!!!
I found that when it comes to “good” speaker design, their products are all over the place, especially for a company that professes a "scientific" approach to product development. I understand they work with the NRC in some capacity, and you would think that a company with access to such facilities wouldn’t produce speakers with such idiosyncratic frequency responses.
John Atkinson noted a similar feeling after measuring the Paradigm Prestige 95F:
“When I visited Paradigm's facility in Toronto in summer 2014, I was very impressed by the depth of the company's engineering and manufacturing expertise. They have a large anechoic chamber for acoustical analysis and state-of-the-art measuring equipment, including the Klippel system for analyzing the behavior of drive-units. I'm puzzled, therefore, by the departure of both samples from what I regard as an optimal target response”.
So, I guess I'm curious to know if anyone has an idea about what is going here. Are they pursuing some other ideals when designing their speakers? Do they have a "signature" sound that helps set them apart?
Some Examples:
These bookshelf speakers are $7K a pair!!!
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