About The Paradigm Premier 800F Speakers
What you get in the Premier 800F Floorstander and indeed the entire Paradigm Premier Series is all the research, engineering and hand-crafted build quality from Paradigms high end models for a very modest outlay.
If you've been thinking about it for a while. maybe now is the time to take that next step. Step up from mass-market audio, to see and hear authentic Crafted in Canada quality that makes a big performance statement.
Step up to exclusive audio technologies, backed by fundamental industry-leading audio research, for a performance experience unlike anything else in this class. Crafted in Canada means complete control over every aspect of design, manufacture, and tuning, resulting in a loudspeaker that defies convention in every sense. Take the audiophile step up to Premier, by Paradigm.
800F Floorstander
The top of the range 800F is a slim, elegant tower, which cunningly hides the true power, finesse and scale of its sound reproduction. It is a 4-driver 3-way design which incorporates a 1" (25mm) X-PAL dome Tweeter with perforated phase-aligning lens combined with a 6½" (165mm) carbon-infused polypropylene Midrange, also sporting the unique perforated phase-aligning lens. The lineup is completed by a pair of 6½" (165mm) ART surround carbon-infused polypropylene high performance Bass Drivers. With low frequency extension down to 27Hz the 800F can fill a big room with powerful sound full of impact and emotion.
Performance & Value: To produce a loudspeaker that meets their standards for performance and value, Paradigm took complete control of the manufacturing process, an unprecedented move at this price point. In their state-of-the-art North American facility, they have produced a loudspeaker that defies convention; a homegrown loudspeaker that benefits from innovations found throughout the Paradigm family of loudspeakers.
Patented Perforated Phase-Aligning (PPA™) Tweeter & Midrange Lens Technology: Distinctive perforated lens in front of the tweeter and midrange drivers increase and smooth output without coloring the sound, while also protecting the drivers from external damage (loud parties excepted).
Patented Active Ridge Technology (ART™) Surrounds: The Premier range features Paradigm's patented Active Ridge Technology (ART) surrounds, made in-house and overmolded directly onto each woofer and midrange cone. This design achieves greater excursion, for a 3dB gain in output and 50% reduction in distortion. Crafted from injection-molded thermoplastic elastomer, ART surrounds are more durable and more reliable, ensuring a lifetime of superior sound.
Crafted in Canada: Premier Series speakers are designed, engineered, and made in Paradigm's state-of-the-art 225,000 ft2 Canadian facility. They chose heavy duty, non-resonant 3/4-inch MDF, with optimally placed interior bracing, and reinforced front baffles to ensure an audio performance beyond any other in this price range. Smooth front baffles, enhanced with 1-inch MDF, reduce diffraction and improve sound radiation characteristics. You can feel the Premier build quality that comes from true handcrafted manufacturing. Beautiful, furniture-grade finishes complete this new standard of performance and value.
Paradigm has also employed tapered-angle cabinet designs in this range that not only reduces back-wave reflections within the cabinet but also improves bass intensity and ensures more accurately dispersed audio reproduction whilst adding to the elegance of the enclosure profile.
Partnered With Canada's National Research Council (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 and beginning with the Persona Series and now trickling down to the Premier Series.
In The News
"There's a lot to like about the Paradigm 800F floorstanders. First and foremost, they sound musically authentic, with a large, generous and inviting sound that does everything from classic symphonies to hard rockers full justice. But there's also ample attention to detail, and plenty of insight, ensuring that the Paradigms are able to get under the skin of the music, and to extract more than just mere notes and rhythms. Add superb composure, and a tonal range broad enough to make those low notes come alive and upper trebles to glisten with truthfulness, and you have a musically talented, wholly entertaining speaker that can stand its ground against rivals costing a lot more." Deon Schoeman - AudioVideo
"Paradigm's Premier 800F offers incredible sound quality, with a superclear midrange that made voices sound stunning, and enough well-integrated low frequencies to satisfy bass lovers -- nor does driving it require a ton of power. For the price, it's about as perfect as a speaker can be. It benefited from being driven by a high-quality amplifier, but as I found out, it also sounds superb with more modest amplification. It combines excellent dynamics and transparency, while its natural, pleasing sound quality throughout the audioband will suit all types of music without a misstep. Best of all, it's a slim, relatively compact speaker that plays surprisingly loudly when required -- and again, it does all this for only $3,499 pair. The Premier 800F is the loudspeaker I'd buy today if I had $3,500 to spend -- and I'd even consider it at twice that price." soundstagehifi.com
Main Features & Specifications
- Design: 4-driver, 3-way bass reflex, floorstanding speaker
- Crossover: 2nd-order electro-acoustic at 2.5 kHz (tweeter/mid) and 700Hz (mid/woofers)
- Low Frequency Extension: 27 Hz (DIN)
- Frequency Response: On-Axis ±2dB from 50 Hz - 22 kHz
- Frequency Response: 30° Off-Axis ±2dB from 50 Hz - 18 kHz
- High Frequency Driver: 1" (25mm) X-PAL™ dome, ferro-fluid damped / cooled, Perforated Phase-Aligning Tweeter (PPA™) Lens
- Midrange Frequency Driver: 6-1/2" (165mm) Surround with Carbon-Infused polypropylene cone. Perforated Phase-Aligning (PPA™) Lens
- Low Frequency Drivers: Two 6-1/2" (165mm) ART™ Surround Carbon-Infused polypropylene cones
- Sensitivity Room / Anechoic: 92 dB / 89 dB
- Impedance: Compatible with 8 ohms
- Suitable Amplifier Power Range: 15 - 250 watts
- Maximum Input Power: 180 watts
- Finishes: Gloss Black, Gloss White, Espresso Grain
- Dimensions (WxHxD): 230 x 1053 x 350mm
- Weight: 24.2 kg each
- Manufacturers Warranty: 5 Years
Note: Features & Specifications Subject To Change Without Notice. E&OE