About Surround/Rear Speakers - Paradigm Reference OM-560 Manual

ABOUT SURROUND/REAR SPEAKERS

MUSIC AND HOME THEATER ... where do Surround and Rear speakers fit in?
Front Speakers ( ) reproduce dialog, sound effects and much of the music.
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Center Speaker ( ) reproduces dialog, sound effects and music. It can
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be placed on top of a TV (or behind a perforated screen in a front-projection
system). If used with a direct-view TV, this speaker must be magnetically
shielded to prevent picture interference.
Surround Speakers ( ) reproduce ambience and sound effects critical
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to the full dimension of multichannel music and movies. Surround speakers
with a uniform reverberant soundfield and accurate full-bandwidth bass,
like Paradigm ® Reference ADP ™
Rear Speakers ( ) contribute dimensional size and realism. Here
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also, Paradigm ® Reference ADP ™
soundfield and accurate full-bandwidth bass, work best.
Why Paradigm ® Reference ADP
Movie theaters use multiple arrays of Surround/Rear speakers to keep
viewers from being distracted by the sound of any single one (Fig. a).
Conventional forward-radiating speakers cannot reproduce movie theater
surround sound in your home. If they are loud enough to blend with the
front speakers they draw attention to themselves. Turn them down so they
don't distract you and they won't blend with the fronts (Fig. b).
So how can you hear all of the glorious surround sound you're supposed
to? With Paradigm ® Reference ADP
speakers placed to the sides and/or rear of the listener (Figs. c, d & e).
Fig. (a)
Movie Theater Surrounds
"It's just like being at the movies, except the sound is a lot better." – Nicholas Bedworth, The Perfect Vision on Paradigm
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speakers, work best.
speakers, with their uniform reverberant
™ speakers WORK BEST for music and movies
™ reverberant soundfield Surround/Rear
Fig. (b)
Forward-Radiating Surrounds
Subwoofer (
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frequency effects in movies and the bass content in music.
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Like movie theater surround speakers, Paradigm's ADP
Rear speakers envelop you in sound without drawing your attention away from
the movie you're watching. They add size and dimension to the soundstage,
and ensure a seamless transition when sound and effects move from front
and center to side and rear speakers.
Our ADP ™ speakers are just as important for multichannel music. Their ability
to create a large, non-localized soundfield contributes multidimensional realism
to the reproduction of the original recording's acoustic space.
The diffuse sound of Paradigm
speakers turns your listening into a magical experience—they put the
"theater" in home theater and make music sound "live"!
Fig. (c)
ADP ™ Reverberant Surrounds
5.1 Configuration
) handles deep bass, giving dynamic power to low-
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® Reference reverberant Surround/Rear
Fig. (d)
ADP ™ Reverberant
Surrounds and Rear
6.1 Configuration
®
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™ reverberant Surround/
Fig. (e)
ADP ™ Reverberant
Surrounds and Rears
7.1 Configuration
Reference speakers