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Room-friendly yet bursting with powerful sound, the Paradigm Founder 80F speakers strike the perfect balance between sound and style.
Big sound in smaller rooms
At under a metre tall and featuring elegantly profiled cabinets, the Paradigm Founder 80F speakers discreetly fit in smaller and medium-sized rooms. Play some music, however, and you’ll soon hear that they pack a punch that goes well beyond their compact dimensions. Equipped with state-of-the-art tech, they effortlessly deliver highly focused yet spacious sound that draws you into the heart of the music.
Twin woofers for impressive bass response
With two woofers dedicated entirely to bass, the Founder 80Fs easily cope with bass-heavy music – despite their compact dimensions. The CARBON-X ultra-high-excursion cones produce bass that’s not just deep but also fast-paced and hard-hitting, giving these speakers a thrilling vitality with all types of music.
AL-MAG midrange/bass driver delivers lifelike vocals
Packed with innovative technology, the midrange/bass driver reproduces natural and lifelike vocals. The cone uses an alloy of aluminium and magnesium (AL-MAG) for ideal sonic characteristics. The sound is channelled through Paradigm’s PPA (Perforated Phase-Aligning) lens for pin-point accuracy and cohesion, ensuring that the sound is blended as accurately as possible by the time it reaches your ears.
AL-MAG tweeter for intense top-end detail
The innovational tech continues with the tweeter unit. This also uses an aluminium and magnesium blend but with a ceramic coating for further enhanced performance. It has PPA for accuracy and precision. In addition to this, the tweeter features OSW (Oblate Spherical Waveguide) that guides the soundwaves towards the listening position and away from the room’s peripheries, giving you a highly focused top-end response.
High efficiency design for wide-ranging system versatility
An exceptionally high room sensitivity (93 dB) makes these speakers easy to drive and undemanding for lower powered amplifiers. This makes them the ideal choice for pairing with valve and pure Class A amps that might have a power output of around just 15 - 25 watts.
Cascade-braced cabinet for the lowest distortion
Using extensive cabinet bracing that ‘cascades’ down inside the cabinet, the structure is immensely strong and rigid. The design also helps in breaking standing low-frequency waves, delivering a tighter and clearer bass response. The drive units are fitted to the cabinet via advanced Shock-Mount decouplers, which help isolate the drivers from cabinet vibrations, further improving the clarity and detail across the frequency response.
Available in a wide range of premium finishes
Premium speakers deserve a special finish and that’s exactly what the Founder series speakers have. You can choose between one of the sumptuous wood finishes – Black Walnut, Midnight Cherry and Walnut, or Piano Black for the best match with your furniture. Alternatively, Paradigm also offer an exclusive Founder Forty-One Collection of finishes, which includes Ruby Frostbite, Frozen Charcoal and Azure Ice for stand-out style that becomes the centre of attention in any room.
Hear your music come to life, with the Paradigm Founder 80F speakers.
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Big sound in smaller rooms
At under a metre tall and featuring elegantly profiled cabinets, the Paradigm Founder 80F speakers discreetly fit in smaller and medium-sized rooms. Play some music, however, and you’ll soon hear that they pack a punch that goes well beyond their compact dimensions. Equipped with state-of-the-art tech, they effortlessly deliver highly focused yet spacious sound that draws you into the heart of the music.
Twin woofers for impressive bass response
With two woofers dedicated entirely to bass, the Founder 80Fs easily cope with bass-heavy music – despite their compact dimensions. The CARBON-X ultra-high-excursion cones produce bass that’s not just deep but also fast-paced and hard-hitting, giving these speakers a thrilling vitality with all types of music.
AL-MAG midrange/bass driver delivers lifelike vocals
Packed with innovative technology, the midrange/bass driver reproduces natural and lifelike vocals. The cone uses an alloy of aluminium and magnesium (AL-MAG) for ideal sonic characteristics. The sound is channelled through Paradigm’s PPA (Perforated Phase-Aligning) lens for pin-point accuracy and cohesion, ensuring that the sound is blended as accurately as possible by the time it reaches your ears.
AL-MAG tweeter for intense top-end detail
The innovational tech continues with the tweeter unit. This also uses an aluminium and magnesium blend but with a ceramic coating for further enhanced performance. It has PPA for accuracy and precision. In addition to this, the tweeter features OSW (Oblate Spherical Waveguide) that guides the soundwaves towards the listening position and away from the room’s peripheries, giving you a highly focused top-end response.
High efficiency design for wide-ranging system versatility
An exceptionally high room sensitivity (93 dB) makes these speakers easy to drive and undemanding for lower powered amplifiers. This makes them the ideal choice for pairing with valve and pure Class A amps that might have a power output of around just 15 - 25 watts.
Cascade-braced cabinet for the lowest distortion
Using extensive cabinet bracing that ‘cascades’ down inside the cabinet, the structure is immensely strong and rigid. The design also helps in breaking standing low-frequency waves, delivering a tighter and clearer bass response. The drive units are fitted to the cabinet via advanced Shock-Mount decouplers, which help isolate the drivers from cabinet vibrations, further improving the clarity and detail across the frequency response.
Available in a wide range of premium finishes
Premium speakers deserve a special finish and that’s exactly what the Founder series speakers have. You can choose between one of the sumptuous wood finishes – Black Walnut, Midnight Cherry and Walnut, or Piano Black for the best match with your furniture. Alternatively, Paradigm also offer an exclusive Founder Forty-One Collection of finishes, which includes Ruby Frostbite, Frozen Charcoal and Azure Ice for stand-out style that becomes the centre of attention in any room.
Hear your music come to life, with the Paradigm Founder 80F speakers.
