All Articles Tagged Paradigm

Robert Archer | 01/16 11:02 AM,

The Canadian speaker manufacturer Paradigm is constantly tweaking existing products or simply introducing new products to ensure its speakers stay current with the latest residential audio trends. At the recently completed Consumer Electronics Show (CES) the company announced that it has updated its Monitor Series of products. The new Monitor Series 7 speakers features the Atom Monitor, the Mini Monitor, the Monitor 7, Monitor 9, Monitor 11, Center 1, Center 3, Surround 1 and the Surround 3 speakers, and each one of the speakers incorporate a 20 percent smaller footprint… View this story

CE Pro Editors | 01/10 07:16 AM, 0 Comments

BrandSource buying group reported its best Black Friday promotion ever as a result of new incentives and options offered through its Expert Warehouse II initiative, which adds more than 8,000 SKUs in multiple categories and offers members efficiency in logistics, warehousing, shipping and billing. The integration of Expert Warehouse II and its wider assortment of solutions and brands are designed to help members drive store traffic, boost sales and augment planned purchases with “rent to own” options. New categories include laptops, tablets, headphones, and iPod docks as well as IT-networking… View this story

Robert Archer | 10/27 10:38 AM, 0 Comments

Paradigm is one of the most popular and respected North American-based manufacturers in the world of consumer electronics. Recently the Canadian company announced that it has launched its new Paradigm SHIFT website. Paradigm says that with the launch of its new direct-to-consumer SHIFT line of products it is applying its 30 years of engineering experience to deliver the public a choice affordable high-end, quality audio-on-the-go audio components that fits today's mobile lifestyle. “From concept to completion, Paradigm SHIFT has been designed to cultivate a new audience for our dealers,” states… View this story

Robert Archer | 08/16 03:04 AM,

Thanks to the popularity of flat-panel televisions, the on-wall speaker category has seen a resurgence of interest from consumers that want the ergonomic friendliness of these products without the hassle of retrofitting a speaker into an existing wall. Paradigm's newly released Millenia LP takes the concept of on-wall speaker to the next level. The company's latest speaker is just 1.5-inches thick and Paradigm says the speaker is designed to complement the physical appearance of the industry's new wave of super slim HDTVs. From an audio perspective the speaker is engineered… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 01/06 08:32 AM, 5 Comments

Paradigm, one of the favorite loudspeaker brands among custom integrators, is breaking its channel-only tradition and creating products for the mass market. The new line, called Paradigm Shift, will launch with powered speakers and headphones. Additional categories will follow during the year. It’s an unusual move for a company beloved by CE pros for its custom-only distribution model. Paradigm thinks the strategy will help promote the Paradigm brand to a broader audience, especially younger shoppers who may grow up to be serious Paradigm customers. “Our aim is to build Paradigm… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 10/13 07:13 AM, 2 Comments

Only 58 integration companies comprise the trade group Home Technology Specialists of America (HTSA). Even so, the group provides a decent barometer of business conditions for CE pros. During the recent HTSA fall conference in St. Louis, executive director Richard Glikes told CE Pro, “I think people are feeling better” about the integration business, after a couple of sad years. HTSA supports about 42 vendors associated with home audio, video and control, and the organization tracks the purchase of these brands by all of its member dealers. According to Glikes,… View this story

CE Pro Editors | 10/04 06:00 AM, 0 Comments

CE Pro's Jessica Camerato speaks with Rob Sample, western regional sales manager for Paradigm, at CEDIA Expo 2010 in Atlanta. View this story

Julie Jacobson | 09/01 05:48 AM, 0 Comments

If you’re looking for high-performance, low-cost itty bitty speakers that you won’t find at the big-box stores, Paradigm has just the ticket. The new Millennia One takes the best of Paradigm’s popular Studio series, including the drivers, and packs them into a compact cabinet that’s smaller than a football. In fact, the Millennia One speakers are about half the size of Paradigm’s budget Cinema HTIB speakers. “We’ve done some work, especially in the cabinet to play around with port and driver coupling,” says marketing manager Mark Aling. “There’s greater frequency… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 08/13 06:42 AM, 7 Comments

When B&W announced last month that it would sell speakers through Magnolia, the specialty brand got some flak from dealers. Dealers, meanwhile, got bombarded with messages from competitive manufacturers that vowed to stay “true” to the custom market. One of those competitors was Paradigm, which sent a message to dealers titled, “Paradigm Remains Committed to the Specialty Business Model.” In the notice (reproduced below in full), Paradigm criticized vendors that “eschew longstanding commitment to the specialist A/V retailer … in search of greener pastures” that is national retail distribution. The… View this story

CE Pro Editors | 07/19 10:54 AM, 0 Comments

Jack Shafton spent 15 years at Paradigm Electronics before resigning last month as director of VP sales and marketing. Now the industry veteran is joining former rival Sandy Gross, who recently founded GoldenEar Technology, developer of specialty loudspeakers. Before that, Gross co-founded and led two iconic speaker brands -- Polk Audio and Definitive Technology. Shafton is the new VP sales and marketing for GoldenEar. He says in a statement, "Sandy and I have led our respective companies multiple times to being voted the industry’s best loudspeaker company and I look… View this story