Paradigm Premier 800F ESMK2 ea floorstanding speaker

The pinnacle of Paradigm's Premier series The Premier 800F tower speaker represents an excellent value, considering the level of performance it delivers. Normally, you'd have to pay twice as much to get a speaker that sounds this good. Then again, that's what Paradigm's Premier line is all about: offering superior performance at a surprisingly down-to-earth price. The 800F is an engaging speaker, capable of delivering all the nuance and detail in your music and movies soundtracks. Paradigm prototyped and developed its state-of-the-art drivers in their relentless pursuit of high-quality sound. Whether you're using a pair as part of a two-channel stereo setup or for surround sound alongside the 600C center channel speaker, a pair of 200B bookshelf speakers , and a Defiance X12 or X15 subwoofer , these towers have no trouble drawing you into your favorite tunes and flicks. Sturdy surrounds for maximum output Paradigm extensively studied how speaker cones and their surrounds were bound together and how they interacted with one another. They found that the spot where the two meet can cause some unwanted distortion, particularly at high excursion points. Paradigm discovered that by "overmolding" the cone to the surround, they could drastically reduce distortion and increase driver excursion by a whopping 50%. Thus, their Active Ridge Technology surround was born, and you can find it on this speaker's twin high-output bass drivers. Agile drivers that add excitement to music and movies Both the patented 1" X-PAL pure aluminum dome tweeter and the 6-1/2" midrange driver just below it use Paradigm's PPA (Perforated Phase-Aligning) lens as a refined phase plug to block out a wide range of unwanted out-of-phase frequencies. The result: both the tweeter and midrange output smooth, uncolored sound. The midrange and twin 6-1/2" low frequency drivers use a die-cast basket with massive heat sinks to keep the drivers cool during peak performance. They also employ Nomex spiders. Th