Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts
February 17th, 2010 -- by Chris Martens
Source: The Perfect Vision
Many homeowners will also appreciate the fact that this system—unlike some of Paradigm’s higher-end offerings—is surprisingly compact, though that certainly doesn’t stop the Special Edition rig from delivering a very big, room-filling sound.
SPECS & PRICING
Paradigm Special Edition SE 3 2 ½-way, four-driver, bass reflex floorstanding speaker
- Driver complement: One 1-inch G-PAL aluminum dome tweeter, one 5 ½-inch S-PAL mid/bass driver, two 5 ½-inch mineral-filled polypropylene bass drivers
- Frequency response: 40Hz – 20 kHz
- Sensitivity: 93 dB
- Impedance: 8 ohms
- Dimensions (HxWxD): 34” x 6.5” x 10”
- Weight: 36.9 lbs. each
- Warranty: 5 years, parts and labor
- Price: $1498/pair
Paradigm Special Edition SE Center 3-way four-driver, center-channel speaker
- Driver complement: One 1-inch G-PAL aluminum dome tweeter, one 5 ½-inch S-PAL mid/bass driver
- Frequency response: 50Hz – 20 kHz
- Sensitivity: 91 dB
- Impedance: 8 ohms
- Dimensions (HxWxD): 7” x 17.5” x 9.5”
- Weight: 20.7 lbs. each
- Warranty: 5 years, parts and labor
- Price: $549/each
Paradigm Special Edition SE 1 2-way, two-driver, bookshelf speaker
- Driver complement: One 1-inch G-PAL aluminum dome tweeter, one 5 ½-inch S-PAL mid/bass driver
- Frequency response: 45Hz – 20 kHz
- Sensitivity: 88 dB
- Impedance: 6 ohms
- Dimensions (HxWxD): 11.5” x 6.5” x 8.5”
- Weight: 12.9 lbs. each
- Warranty: 5 years, parts and labor
- Price: $658/pair
Paradigm Special Edition SE Subwoofer powered subwoofer
- Driver complement: One 10-inch CAP carbon/aramid fiber polypropylene woofer with 2-inch voice coil
- Integrated amplifier power: 300W RMS (900W peak), Class D
- Dimensions (HxWxD): 10” x 11” x 11”
- Weight: 14.1 lbs. each
- Warranty: 3 year, parts and labor
- Price: $749/each
System Price: $3454 as tested
PARADIGM ELECTRONICS INC.
(905) 564-1994
www.paradigm.com
Comments
Hi, great in depth review! uts good to know that your first impression from few weeks ago are emphasized here. Can you please give a brief conclusion from both this review and the Monitor Audio RX review from few weeks ago> these two systems look very similar on paper. It would be interesting to know how they compare, from your point of vies.
Many thanks