Description
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REVIEW
- PARADIGM PERSONA 3F FLOORSTANDING LOUDSPEAKER REVIEW
The Paradigm Persona 3F sounds big – sound comes off the speaker wide and deep. The dispersion is excellent, voices are articulate and instruments tonally believable. It makes me wonder what the Persona 5, 7 or even 9H would improve upon!?
— Piero Gabucci , Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity
99.9% Pure Beryllium
Can luxury be a value? We believe so. One of the keys to Persona’s luxury and value is our use of Beryllium. Beryllium is the absolute best diaphragm material, and Persona features Truextent® Pure Beryllium foil, specially formulated to be exponentially stiffer and significantly lighter than other premium diaphragm materials. It delivers superior transient response, virtually transparent performance, and vanishingly low audible coloration. Also, it’s a material usually found only in much more expensive speakers. Luxurious? Yes. But also a surprising performance value in Persona.
Beryllium: Welcome to the cult of high performance.
Beryllium is a rare chemical element (Be) with low mass, high tensile strength and high thermal stability. It is incredibly rigid and lightweight; everything an audio engineer desires in a speaker cone.
In fact, Beryllium has been used in the audio industry since the 1970s. But because of its use in only the finest (and most expensive) audio equipment, it has retained a certain “cult” status.
Precise control of the Truextent manufacturing process produces pure Beryllium foil with a highly uniform grain structure; this is many times stiffer, yet far less dense, than more common cone materials. In industry testing, our Beryllium cone material exhibits substantial improvements in durability, speed, and reduced interference. It can add more than an octave of distortion-free output.
In the Paradigm’s Persona, tandem matched Beryllium drivers reveal the full range of high performance. Persona is the only loudspeaker in its class to utilize Beryllium material for both midrange and tweeter drivers.
Every model in the Persona Series features dual Truextent Beryllium driver systems, and each model achieves a truly unexpected level of high-resolution detail, depth and dynamics thanks in part to rare, extraordinary Beryllium.
Proudly Crafted in Canada
The Persona Series is completely designed, engineered, and built at our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility just outside of Toronto, Canada. It’s made by people who love great audio (just like you). From the hand-chosen, specially engineered components and materials, to the precise workmanship of the non-resonant cabinets with their beautiful premium-grade finishes, Persona is truly hand-built for performance.
Sure, we could say “Made in Canada,” or “Manufactured in Canada.” But we believe that building loudspeakers is an art. Everyone at Paradigm shares a passion for crafting speakers, and it’s from this intense passion that “Crafted in Canada” was proudly born.
Partnered with the NRC
Paradigm is partnered with Canada’s world-renowned NRC in ongoing research to reveal the true nature of sound and human hearing. Findings influence design and performance specs, resulting in a uniquely realistic listening experience, backed by sound science.
SPECIFICATIONS
| DESIGN | 2-driver, 2 way bookshelf bass reflex |
| FREQUENCY RESPONSE ON-AXIS | +/- 2dB from 60Hz – 45kHz |
| HIGH FREQUENCY DRIVER | 1″ (25mm) Truextent® Beryllium dome, ferro-fluid damped / cooled, Perforated Phase-Aligning (PPA™) Tweeter Lens, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) optimized pole piece assembly |
| MID/BASS FREQUENCY DRIVER | 7″ (178mm) Truextent® Beryllium driver, Perforated Phase-Aligning (PPA™) Lens, overmolded Active Ridge Technology (ART™) surrounds, SHOCK-MOUNT™ Isolation Mounting System, 1.5″ high-temp tandem voice coil |
| SENSITIVITY ROOM / ANECHOIC | 92 dB / 89 dB |
| IMPEDANCE | Compatible with 8 ohms |
| FINISHES | High Gloss: Vanta Black, Harmony White Metallic Gloss: Aria Blue, Sonic Silver |
| WEIGHT | 31 lbs. (14 kg) |
| DIMENSIONS HXWXD | 17.125″ × 8.875″ × 13″ (43.5cm × 22.5cm × 33cm) |
| LOW FREQUENCY EXTENSION | 36Hz |
| CROSSOVER | 3rd order electro-acoustic at 2 kHz (tweeter/midbass) |
| FREQUENCY RESPONSE 30° OFF-AXIS | +/- 2dB from 60Hz – 20kHz |
| SUITABLE AMPLIFIER POWER RANGE | 15 – 250 watts |
| MAXIMUM INPUT POWER | 150 Watts |
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
