Paradigm Decor 1S DEcor Collection Manual - Page 3

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 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. 1