Paradigm Unveils Concept4F at Munich High End 2015
Driven by innovation, Paradigm and co-founder Scott Bagby established a precedent back in 1982. Some 33 years later, a bold new concept is set to be unveiled at Munich High End 2015.
According to Bagby, there comes a time in every innovator’s life when the urge to disrupt the status quo becomes overwhelming. "Where do we go from here? How can innovation change people’s opinion of what’s possible?".
Unlike anything that has come before, the Concept 4F loudspeaker taps into their desire to go beyond the expected, to celebrate the technological abilities of Paradigm engineering, untamed. Like the original Paradigm loudspeakers, Concept 4F is Bagby’s personal will manifest.
It combines over 33 years of groundbreaking audio innovations into one astounding loudspeaker concept. It is Crafted in Canada to strict standards, with every aspect of engineering and manufacturing under Paradigm's control. Nothing is off limits. From breathtaking design to no-holds-barred performance, it embodies the Paradigm ethos of power and art.
Paradigm told StereoNET:
The Paradigm & Anthem engineering teams have been working with a vision for more than five years. This journey of research, experiment, design, and development has culminated in a loudspeaker that is the amalgamation of superior acoustic components with bleeding-edge technological innovation. It is our most ambitious speaker design ever.
Concept 4F is a true full-range hybrid loudspeaker, the perfect balance of powered woofers with a passive upper register array. It features TruExtent® Beryllium 1" tweeter and 7" midrange drivers with perforated phase-aligning lenses, and four Ultra-High-Excursion Differential Drive 8.5" woofers in a vibration-cancelling configuration (two front-firing, two rear-firing).
Each woofer pair is powered by a separate DSP-controlled 700 W RMS amplifier for a total of 1400 W RMS (2,800 W Dynamic Peak), and combined with exclusive technology like Anthem Room Correction (ARC™) capability.
Completely designed, engineered, and Crafted in Canada, Concept 4F reveals utter transparency and realism; audio performance limited not by media, but only by imagination. It is exceptional craftsmanship (with meticulous attention to detail) that makes a bold, beautiful statement about desire, devotion and ardor.
Paradigm is distributed in Australia by Audio Active.
Local pricing and availability has not yet been announced.
Marc Rushton
StereoNET’s Founder and Publisher was born in England and raised on British Hi-Fi before moving to Australia. He developed an early love of music and playing bass guitar before discovering the studio and the other side of the mixing desk. After writing for print magazines, Marc saw the future in digital publishing and founded the first version of StereoNET in 1999.
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