Напольная акустика — Paradigm Electronics Monitor SE 8000F

Paradigm Electronics builds the Monitor SE 8000F, one of the three towers listed in its Monitor SE series alongside the 4-driver Monitor SE 3000F at USD 429.99 each, as a passive 5-driver, 3-way bass reflex design. Paradigm lists it at USD 999.99 each and offers it in Matte Black or Gloss White. Each cabinet stands 116.5 cm tall, is 29.8 cm wide and 44.93 cm deep, and weighs 32.2 kg.

Key specs that matter

The manufacturer quotes a response of 45 Hz to 21 kHz within plus or minus 3 dB on axis, and 45 Hz to 17 kHz at 30 degrees off axis. Low frequency extension is 35 Hz measured to DIN. Sensitivity is given as 95 dB in room and 92 dB anechoic. The impedance is described as compatible with 8 ohms, and Paradigm recommends amplifiers delivering between 15 and 150 watts.

Engineering and use context

Treble comes from a 25 mm X-PAL tweeter with a pure aluminium dome, cooled and damped with ferrofluid, behind a patented Perforated Phase-Aligning lens that Paradigm calls a refined phase plug, designed to block out-of-phase frequencies over a broad band. The 165 mm midrange has a mineral-filled polypropylene cone plus a downroll-type surround and inverted dust cap, a combination that according to Paradigm gives the front of each driver a clean, low-profile appearance. Bass is covered by three 203 mm woofers made the same way. The drivers are divided by a second order electro-acoustic crossover with an 800 Hz point for the woofer to midrange handover and a 3.0 kHz point where the tweeter takes over. Paradigm calls these polypropylene cones lightweight and rigid, and it credits joint research by Paradigm and Canada's National Research Council for materials and patented technologies used across the Monitor SE series.

Pairing

The high sensitivity combined with the recommended power range means moderate-output AV receivers and stereo integrated amplifiers are within the recommended range, and the easy load avoids the need for an amplifier specified for low loads. Matching models in the series include the Monitor SE 2000C center channel, a 3-driver, 2-way bass reflex design at USD 299.99 each, the Monitor SE Atom bookshelf at USD 399.98 per pair, and the Surround 3 at USD 549.99 each and Surround 1 at USD 379.99 each for effects channels.

Alternatives

The Monitor SE 6000F is the slimmer floorstander of the same series, with four 5.5 inch cones below its tweeter and a price of USD 599.99 each.