Paradigm P80-SM Description
The Paradigm P80-SM is a high-performance in-ceiling speaker designed for versatile audio applications, delivering exceptional sound quality while maintaining a low-profile design. Ideal for home theaters, music listening, and multi-room audio systems, the P80-SM combines advanced technology with aesthetic appeal to provide a seamless audio experience.
Key Features
- In-Ceiling Design:
- Engineered for discreet installation, allowing for a clean look while providing high-quality sound.
- Perfect for situations where floor space is limited or when a minimalist aesthetic is desired.
- Driver Configuration:
- 8-Inch Aluminum Woofer:
- Delivers powerful bass and robust midrange frequencies, ensuring a full-bodied audio experience.
- Lightweight and rigid construction minimizes distortion, enhancing clarity and precision.
- 1-Inch Aluminum Dome Tweeter:
- Provides crisp, clear high frequencies for detailed sound reproduction and improved vocal clarity.
- Designed for wide dispersion, ensuring even sound coverage throughout the room.
- 8-Inch Aluminum Woofer:
- Exceptional Frequency Response:
- Capable of reproducing a wide range of frequencies, making it suitable for various audio applications, from music to cinematic soundtracks.
- Ensures that both low and high frequencies are captured accurately, enhancing the overall listening experience.
- Paintable Grille:
- Comes with a paintable grille that allows homeowners to match the speaker to their ceiling color, ensuring seamless integration with any decor.
- Low-profile design minimizes visual impact while maximizing sound performance.
- Robust Build Quality:
- Constructed with high-quality materials to ensure durability and long-lasting performance.
- Engineered to reduce cabinet resonance, providing cleaner audio playback and reducing distortion.
- Easy Installation:
- Designed for straightforward installation in new or existing construction, making it suitable for various applications.
- Includes a mounting bracket for secure and easy fitting into standard ceiling spaces.
- Enhanced Audio Performance:
- Incorporates Paradigm’s proprietary technologies to deliver superior sound quality, ensuring an engaging and immersive audio experience.
- Ideal for both casual listeners and audiophiles looking for high-fidelity sound in a discreet form factor.
The Paradigm P80-SM speaker is an exceptional choice for those seeking high-quality in-ceiling audio without compromising on aesthetics. Its combination of advanced technology, flexible design, and superior sound performance makes it an ideal solution for any home audio setup.
Aluminum Magnesium Ceramic (AL-MAC™) Tweeter with Exclusive Perforated Phase-Aligning (PPA™) Tweeter Lens
AL-MAC™ is our unique blend of Aluminum, Magnesium, and Ceramic materials; each of which contribute to the end goal of greater accuracy and realism. Their special properties contribute to the final product which is not only strong and lightweight, but embodies a natural anti-resonance to ensure the tweeter doesn’t just sound good “on paper” but truly sounds incredible in the real world.
CARBON-X™ Cones
Advanced
Shock-Mount™ System
mechanically decouples the die-cast aluminum baskets from the specially formulate CARBON-X™ ingrained baffles reducing performance-robbing vibrations and resonance between the chassis and the acoustic platform. Without these resonances, all drivers are left free to deliver pure, unaltered sound with no audible distortion.
Patented† Active Ridge Technology (ART™) surrounds
Made in-house and over-moulded directly onto each cone, achieve greater excursion for a 3dB gain in distortion-free output (50% greater) compared to drivers with standard surrounds. † US patents: D654,479S and 8,340,340B2.
Advanced Features for a Solid and Secure Installation
FEA-Optimized Ultra Rigid Cast-Aluminum Baskets feature integrated heat sinks for higher power handling, for better bass, better dynamics, and less power compression.
Rear Component Shielding protects internal parts from debris. The polycarbonate material creates an installation that will not warp. Flat covers also make it easy to lie speakers down during the installation process without tipping.
Reduced Edge Diffraction (RED™) Technology significantly reduces the adverse effects of diffraction while improving frequency response.
Pocketed screw holes help to hold the drill steady, making installation a snap.
Premium-grade components include high-power rated resistors, capacitors and heavy gauge wire inductors.
Nickel-plated, spring loaded binding posts feature a larger wire hole to accept higher-gauge wire or banana plugs.
Bezel-Free Micro-Perf Grilles offer a clean aestetic from room-to-room.
Magnetically attached grilles: neodymium magnets hold grilles firmly in place.
Partnered with the NRC
Paradigm is partnered with Canada’s world-renowned NRC in ongoing research to reveal the true nature of sound and human hearing. Findings influence design and performance specs, resulting in a uniquely realistic listening experience, backed by sound science.
