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INTRODUCTION

Thank you for choosing speakers from Paradigm’s Décor Collection and congratulations! You are 
about to hear the difference these state-of-the-art high-end speakers will make in your music 
and home theater system.

Your speakers were designed and crafted in our Toronto, Canada facility. They are  internationally 
recognized for their exceptional state-of-the-art sound. 

Extensive listener preference tests conducted by the National Research Council (NRC) give our 
design engineers a firm understanding of how we hear speakers and clearly establish which design 
parameters are most critical to good sound. Using the NRC findings along with measurement-based 
analysis done in the anechoic chamber at our Toronto facility and listening tests carried out in 
our controlled double-blind listening rooms, Paradigm engineers work to constantly improve our 
speakers in three critical areas:

Flat Midrange:

 Smooth and even with coloration reduced to the lowest level possible.   

Smooth Total Energy Response:

 On and off axis, sound must be fundamentally similar. Dispersion 

must be wide and uniform ensuring superior imaging and a wide listening area. 

  

Low Distortion:

 Lowest levels possible.

In addition, Paradigm concentrates on two other significant performance areas: 

 

Better Bass Response:

 Tight, extended and well defined.

Higher Power Handling:

 to improve dynamic contrasts and sonic realism, power compression 

must be minimized.

 Unyielding attention to all of these areas results in state-of-the-art speakers that are measurably 
and audibly superior. Comprehensive R&D, leading-edge design, use of the finest materials and 
sophisticated manufacturing and quality control provide vastly superior performance for each 
component part at every stage of design. Quite simply, 

we build better sound

 and we have the 

product awards to prove it.

Your new speakers will provide you with stunning reference quality sound and unparalleled listening 
pleasure for many years. Their ultra-thin profile was designed to complement the thinnest flat-panel 
television on the market today as well as the ‘even thinner’ flat panels yet to come. 

To achieve all of the exceptional sound they are capable of providing requires care in installation 
and operation. Please take the time to read this manual and follow all instructions. If you have 
further questions, contact your Authorized Paradigm Reference Dealer or visit the Q&A page in the 
Tech Support section of our website at 

paradigm.com

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 1
The Technology  

Behind Your New Speakers   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 2
Your New Speakers .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 3

How To Avoid Speaker Damage  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 4
Connection .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 5
Limited Warranty   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 7

Summary of Contents for Decor 2SC

Page 1: ...OWNERS MANUAL...

Page 2: ...tive August 13 2005 we would like to notify you that our speakers may contain regulated materials which upon disposal require special reuse and recycling processing For this reason Paradigm Electronic...

Page 3: ...oncentrates on two other significant performance areas Better Bass Response Tight extended and well defined Higher Power Handling to improve dynamic contrasts and sonic realism power compression must...

Page 4: ...Voice Coil and Powerful Neodymium Magnet Steel Heatfin Basket High Frequency Drive Units S PAL Satin Anodized Pure Aluminum Dome Rigid Mineral Filled ABS Chassis Perforated Phase Aligning PPA Tweeter...

Page 5: ...ifiers are Safer When choosing an amplifier always select an amplifier with a power rating greater than that of the speaker Using a 100 watt per channel amplifier on a 50 watt speaker allows the ampli...

Page 6: ...LISTENING ROOM Your speakers are designed to provide state of the art sound in a wide variety of domestic settings Note however that room construction dimensions even furnishings all play a part in t...

Page 7: ...ng care to connect the wires to the proper terminal cups 1 For the front and left speakers run the wires from the amplifier to the top set of binding posts labeled Left or right channels as per the me...

Page 8: ...ing One or more speakers may be connected out of phase their polarity is reversed Re check to ensure that each speaker s cable is connected with correct polarity red to red and black to black Amplifie...

Page 9: ...ct is subjected to any of the conditions outlined in the next section warranty is void Warranty does not apply if the product is used in professional or commercial applications Warranty is Void if The...

Page 10: ...MODE D EMPLOI...

Page 11: ...op ennes compter du 13 Ao t 2005 nous souhaitons vous informer que nos enceintes peut contenir des mati res devant faire l objet d une proc dure de recyclage ou de traitement appropri des d chets Dans...

Page 12: ...s serr es larges et bien d finies Meilleur traitement de la puissance pour am liorer les contrastes dynamiques et par extension le r alisme sonore la compression de la puissance doit tre minimis e Pui...

Page 13: ...aute performance comprenant une bobine acoustique en aluminium haute temp r ature de 1 1 2 po et un aimant au n odyme puissant Panier en acier avec ailette de dissipation thermique Haut parleurs de ha...

Page 14: ...que la puissance de l amplificateur soit tout simplement insuffisante L amplificateur produira alors un signal distordu dont la puissance est de plusieurs fois sup rieure la puissance nominale Cette p...

Page 15: ...de l amplificateur se traduira par une meilleure qualit sonore Toutefois il faut faire attention Les enceintes doivent tre utilis es dans leur plage de puissance pour ne pas les endommager le volume d...

Page 16: ...iagramme ci dessous pour le raccordement l aide de c bles d enceinte de haute qualit raccordez une enceinte la fois sur votre r cepteur amplificateur Raccordez la borne de raccordement de l amplificat...

Page 17: ...ons d alimentation One or more speakers may be connected out of phase their polarity is reversed Re check to ensure that each speaker s cable is connected with correct polarity red to red and black to...

Page 18: ...revendeur ParadigmMD autoris seulement La garantie n est pas transf rable La garantie s applique au produit pour une utilisation r sidentielle normale uniquement Si le produit est assujetti l une des...

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