PARADIGM FOUNDER 80F FLOORSTANDING SPEAKER

ABOUT THIS ITEM

• The Paradigm Founder 80F sound very neutral or uncolored. When I think about the sonic signature of these speakers, neutral is the first word that comes to mind. As an audiophile reviewer who primarily listens to classic rock, as well as jazz and some classical music, there wasn’t a time where the Paradigm Founder 80F floorstanding speakers felt like they were not up to the task of what I was asking of them and, at the same time, it never felt like the speakers were adding any brightness or color to the music either.  
• The Paradigm Founder 80F speakers deliver an elegant, modern look. I received the Midnight Cherry version of the Paradigm Founder 80Fs, and they were stunning-looking. There was never a moment when I looked at the speakers in my space and thought that I didn’t like how they looked, or how they made the room feel. They had the right combination of size and shape to help them feel like welcome pieces of audio furniture in the room. The new colors that Paradigm just added are much bolder, however (Ruby Frostbite and Azure Ice, especially), and they will certainly require the right room and the right owner to be appreciated. 
• The feet make these speakers very stable. As a parent with a “fournado” who spins around the house (yes, I just mixed four-year-old with the word “tornado”), the stability of the speakers due to the feet was very comforting. Paradigm notes that the feet have been decoupled from the cabinet to the floor not once but twice for extremely effective vibration decoupling. So even the stopping of said four-year-old shouldn’t disrupt the sound coming from the speakers.