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Designed for the ultimate music and home cinema thrills, the Paradigm Founder 120H makes every note count within its incredibly broad sweep of sound.
Flagship Founder for the ultimate sound quality
Standing at the top of the range, the Paradigm Founder 120H delivers sensationally dynamic sound for a true ‘live performance’ feel. The 3-way design uses active bass units with a built-in 1000 watt amp for premium subwoofer levels of bass power. Highly innovative midrange and tweeter units reveal every subtle detail, meaning that you don’t miss a note. Although large and suited to bigger rooms, these flagship speakers are also highly efficient, ensuring that even a low powered amp can drive them to enormous volume levels.
Active bass for mighty power and dynamics
With no fewer than three, 8” woofer cones, the Founder 120H has little trouble hitting (and holding) the lowest bass notes. What’s more, the woofers are actively driven by a built-in 1000 watt amplifier – guaranteeing thunderous bass, irrespective of the system amplifier used. Think of it as a premium quality subwoofer, built into each speaker, and you get an idea of just how mighty these speakers sound.
ARC Genesis room correction for perfectly tailored sound
Although incredibly deep and extended, the bass never becomes overwhelming. Thanks to built-in ARC Genesis room correction, sophisticated electronics adjust the bass response to suit your room’s acoustics. Developed in conjunction with home cinema experts, Anthem, the system compensates for sparely or densely furnished rooms, meaning that the bass is perfectly balanced.
AL-MAG midrange driver delivers lifelike vocals
Packed with innovative technology, the dedicated midrange driver reproduces natural and lifelike vocals. The cone uses an alloy of aluminium and magnesium (AL-MAG) for ideal sonic characteristics. The sound is channelled through Paradigm’s PPA (Perforated Phase-Aligning) lens for pin-point accuracy and cohesion, ensuring that the sound is blended as accurately as possible by the time it reaches your ears.
AL-MAG tweeter for intense top-end detail
The innovational tech continues with the tweeter unit. This also uses an aluminium and magnesium blend but with a ceramic coating for further enhanced performance. It has PPA for accuracy and precision. In addition to this, the tweeter features OSW (Oblate Spherical Waveguide) that guides the soundwaves towards the listening position and away from the room’s peripheries, giving you a highly focused top-end response.
High efficiency design for wide-ranging system versatility
Exceptionally high room sensitivity (95 dB) makes these speakers easy to drive and undemanding for lower powered amplifiers. This makes them the ideal choice for pairing with valve and pure Class A amps that might have a power output of around just 15 – 25 watts. Because the bass is actively controlled within the speakers, the amp only has to focus on the midrange and top-end, meaning that you get exceptional dynamic reach, whatever the amp you use.
Cascade-braced cabinet for the lowest distortion
Using extensive cabinet bracing that ‘cascades’ down inside the cabinet, the structure is immensely strong and rigid. The design also helps in breaking standing low-frequency waves, delivering a tighter and clearer bass response. The drive units are fitted to the cabinet via advanced Shock-Mount decouplers, which help isolate the drivers from cabinet vibrations, further improving the clarity and detail across the frequency response.
Available in a wide range of premium finishes
Premium speakers deserve a special finish and that’s exactly what the Founder series speakers have. You can choose between one of the sumptuous wood finishes – Black Walnut, Midnight Cherry and Walnut, for the best match with your furniture. Alternatively, Paradigm also offer an exclusive Founder Forty-One Collection of finishes, which includes Ruby Frostbite, Frozen Charcoal and Azure Ice for stand-out style that becomes the centre of attention in any room.
Luxuriate in the ultimate sound, with the Paradigm Founder 120H.
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Flagship Founder for the ultimate sound quality
Standing at the top of the range, the Paradigm Founder 120H delivers sensationally dynamic sound for a true ‘live performance’ feel. The 3-way design uses active bass units with a built-in 1000 watt amp for premium subwoofer levels of bass power. Highly innovative midrange and tweeter units reveal every subtle detail, meaning that you don’t miss a note. Although large and suited to bigger rooms, these flagship speakers are also highly efficient, ensuring that even a low powered amp can drive them to enormous volume levels.
Active bass for mighty power and dynamics
With no fewer than three, 8” woofer cones, the Founder 120H has little trouble hitting (and holding) the lowest bass notes. What’s more, the woofers are actively driven by a built-in 1000 watt amplifier – guaranteeing thunderous bass, irrespective of the system amplifier used. Think of it as a premium quality subwoofer, built into each speaker, and you get an idea of just how mighty these speakers sound.
ARC Genesis room correction for perfectly tailored sound
Although incredibly deep and extended, the bass never becomes overwhelming. Thanks to built-in ARC Genesis room correction, sophisticated electronics adjust the bass response to suit your room’s acoustics. Developed in conjunction with home cinema experts, Anthem, the system compensates for sparely or densely furnished rooms, meaning that the bass is perfectly balanced.
AL-MAG midrange driver delivers lifelike vocals
Packed with innovative technology, the dedicated midrange driver reproduces natural and lifelike vocals. The cone uses an alloy of aluminium and magnesium (AL-MAG) for ideal sonic characteristics. The sound is channelled through Paradigm’s PPA (Perforated Phase-Aligning) lens for pin-point accuracy and cohesion, ensuring that the sound is blended as accurately as possible by the time it reaches your ears.
AL-MAG tweeter for intense top-end detail
The innovational tech continues with the tweeter unit. This also uses an aluminium and magnesium blend but with a ceramic coating for further enhanced performance. It has PPA for accuracy and precision. In addition to this, the tweeter features OSW (Oblate Spherical Waveguide) that guides the soundwaves towards the listening position and away from the room’s peripheries, giving you a highly focused top-end response.
High efficiency design for wide-ranging system versatility
Exceptionally high room sensitivity (95 dB) makes these speakers easy to drive and undemanding for lower powered amplifiers. This makes them the ideal choice for pairing with valve and pure Class A amps that might have a power output of around just 15 – 25 watts. Because the bass is actively controlled within the speakers, the amp only has to focus on the midrange and top-end, meaning that you get exceptional dynamic reach, whatever the amp you use.
Cascade-braced cabinet for the lowest distortion
Using extensive cabinet bracing that ‘cascades’ down inside the cabinet, the structure is immensely strong and rigid. The design also helps in breaking standing low-frequency waves, delivering a tighter and clearer bass response. The drive units are fitted to the cabinet via advanced Shock-Mount decouplers, which help isolate the drivers from cabinet vibrations, further improving the clarity and detail across the frequency response.
Available in a wide range of premium finishes
Premium speakers deserve a special finish and that’s exactly what the Founder series speakers have. You can choose between one of the sumptuous wood finishes – Black Walnut, Midnight Cherry and Walnut, for the best match with your furniture. Alternatively, Paradigm also offer an exclusive Founder Forty-One Collection of finishes, which includes Ruby Frostbite, Frozen Charcoal and Azure Ice for stand-out style that becomes the centre of attention in any room.
Luxuriate in the ultimate sound, with the Paradigm Founder 120H.
