About Surround/Rear Speakers - Paradigm OM-104 Manuel Du Propriétaire

ABOUT SURROUND/REAR SPEAKERS

MUSIC AND HOME THEATER ... where do Surround and Rear speakers fit in?
Front Speakers ( 1 ) reproduce dialog, sound effects and much of the music.
Center Speaker ( 2 ) reproduces dialog, sound effects and music. It can
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 ( 3 ) reproduce ambience and sound effects critical
to the full dimension of multichannel music and movies. Surround speakers
with a uniform reverberant soundfield and accurate full-bandwidth bass,
like Paradigm ® ADP ™ speakers, work best.
Rear Speakers ( ) contribute dimensional size and realism. Here
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also, Paradigm ADP speakers, with their uniform reverberant soundfield
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and accurate full-bandwidth bass, work best.
Subwoofer ( ) handles deep bass, giving dynamic power to low-frequency
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effects in movies and the bass content in music.
Why ADP ™ speakers work best for music and movies
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 ® reverberant soundfield ADP
placed to the sides and/or rear of the listener (Figs. c, d & e).
Fig. (a)
Movie Theater Surrounds
™ Surround/Rear speakers
Fig. (b)
Forward-Radiating Surrounds ADP
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Like movie theater surround speakers, ADP
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.
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
listening into a magical experience – they put the "theater" in home
theater and make music sound "live"!
Fig. (c)
™ Reverberant Surrounds ADP
5.1 Configuration Surrounds and Rear
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™ Surround/Rear speakers envelop
® ADP ™ Surround/Rear speakers turns your
Fig. (d)
™ Reverberant ADP
Surrounds and Rears
6.1 Configuration 7.1 Configuration
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Fig. (e)
™ Reverberant
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