Paradigm is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  company specializing in the production of in-wall, on-wall and freestanding loudspeaker

Loudspeaker

A loudspeaker is an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an electrical audio signal input. Non-electrical loudspeakers were developed as accessories to telephone systems, but electronic amplification by vacuum tube made loudspeakers more generally useful...

s as well as subwoofer

Subwoofer

A subwoofer is a woofer, or a complete loudspeaker, which is dedicated to the reproduction of low-pitched audio frequencies known as the "bass". The typical frequency range for a subwoofer is about 20–200 Hz for consumer products, below 100 Hz for professional live sound, and below...

s.

Founded in 1982 by Jerry VanderMarel and Scott Bagby in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, in 1999 all manufacturing for Paradigm was moved to a new facility in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Anthem Electronics, a sister company specializing in audio components, shares the factory space.

Paradigm offers several different speaker lines across a broad price spectrum. Paradigm speaker lines include the Cinema and Monitor Series, while the high-performance Paradigm Reference lines include the Millenia, Studio and Signature Series. There are presently no authorized on-line dealers, the justification for which is that the company wants you to be able to listen to their products before buying.

Product Lines

• Paradigm Cinema Series
• Paradigm Monitor Series
• Paradigm Reference Millenia Series
• Paradigm Reference Studio Series
• Paradigm Reference Signature Series

Trademarked Technologies

• ADP (Advanced DiPole) Surround/Rear Speaker
• ARB Aperiodic Resonance Breakup Fins
• ATC Asymmetrical Tapered Channel
• AVS Airflow Ventilation System
• CMC Ceramic Metal Composite Dome
• Controlled WaveGuide
• DCBS Dual-Cavity Bass-Shaping Enclosures
• Die-Cast Aluminum WaveGuide Coupling and Phase-Alignment Bridge
• Easy-Connect Terminal Block
• G-PAL Gold-Anodized Pure-Aluminum Dome
• GRIP Glass-Reinforced Injection-Molded Polymer Chassis
• HD High-Definition Sound
• H-PTD High-Efficiency Pure-Titanium Dome Tweeter
• ICP Injection-Molded Co-polymer Polypropylene Cone
• IMS SHOCK-MOUNT Butyl-Rubber Driver Fastening System
• KRC Kevlar Reinforced Composite
• MagneShield
• M-ICP Minimum-Mass Injection-Molded Co Polymer Polypropylene Midrange Cone/Surround
• MLP Mica-Loaded Polymer Cone
• MPC Metallescent Polymer Cone
• PAL Pure Aluminum Dome
• PolyGlass UV-resistant Enclosures
• PosiGrip
• PTD Pure-Titanium Dome
• Quiet Enclosures
• RCR Resonance Control Ribs
• S-OFC Silverplated Oxygen-Free Copper Cable
• S-PAL Satin-Anodized Pure-Aluminum Dome/Cone
• Super-Class-D Amplifier
• UHP Ultra-Fine High-Loft Polyfiber
• UMD Ultra-Rigid Mounting Domes
• WaveGuide Coupling