About the Paradigm Shift Series Soundscape
Taking sound bars to great heights
Taking sound bars to great heights
Most people look at sound bars as a way to get better sound from their TV. But if you're looking for one that aspires to greater sonic heights, check out the Paradigm Soundscape. Like most sound bars, it's a mammoth improvement over your TV's speakers — without mammoth-sized speakers cluttering your room. It goes several steps further by offering riveting multichannel sound with Paradigm Virtual Surround, so movie soundtracks really take shape in your room. Everything from drops of rain hitting the ground to raucous car chases to whispered dialogue will sound rich and clear. The Soundscape can also do wonders with music, delivering bona fide stereo imaging, deep bass without a subwoofer, and particularly tasty midrange.
The Paradigm Soundscape offers stellar sound for movies and music. It's a perfect match for large-screen TVs.
Bringing movie sound to life
How does the Paradigm Soundscape deliver such vivid, dynamic sound with movies and TV shows? It starts with two important features: Dolby® Digital decoding and Paradigm Virtual Surround. The sound bar decodes the Dolby 5.1-channel surround sound coming from your Blu-ray player, cable box, or satellite receiver. It takes that information and uses sophisticated digital signal processing to reproduce it through the Soundscape's seven built-in amplifiers and speakers.
The real magic is how Paradigm Virtual Surround processing takes the information for the rear channels and creates spacious surround-like effects. You might catch guests looking around the room for speakers that aren't there.
Bluetooth offers wireless music listening with your smartphone
An included wireless receiver lets you connect any powered sub to the Paradigm Soundscape without having to run a cable across your floor.
If you ever listen to music on a smartphone or tablet, then you can listen through the Paradigm Soundscape. It's got Bluetooth built-in, so you can stream music wirelessly from your device. Listen to songs stored on your phone or tablet, online radio, music services like Spotify®, audio from YouTube videos...virtually any audio source your device can play can be sent over Bluetooth to this sound bar.
The deep end
The Soundscape's bass response goes very low on its own. But if you crave a little more bass impact, the Soundscape makes it easy to add a powered subwoofer. It includes a wireless receiver, which allows you to turn any subwoofer into a wireless subwoofer. Just connect the wireless receiver to your sub's LFE input, sync the sound bar to the receiver with the remote, and you'll be basking in bombastic bass before you know it.
Product highlights:
- 25 watts x 7 (RMS) built-in amplification (50 watts x 7 peak)
- three 1" S-PAL™ pure-aluminum dome tweeters
- four 4" composite cone bass/midrange drivers
- bass-reflex design is ported for enhanced bass response
- built-in Bluetooth for wireless music streaming from compatible smartphones, tablets, and computers
- aptX® encoding provides high-quality music streaming from compatible devices
- designed for TVs with screen sizes of 50" and up
- includes wireless receiver for use with any powered subwoofer
- separate listening modes optimize the sound for movies or music
- Paradigm Virtual Surround creates an immersive listening experience
- Dolby® Digital and DTS decoding
- sound bar can learn commands from most TV and cable/satellite remotes
- top-panel control buttons and a front-panel display (can be turned off)
- wall-mountable (bracket and screws included)
- frequency response: 40-20,000 Hz
- remote control
Connections and Dimensions:
- digital audio inputs: 2 optical, 1 coaxial (optical cable included)
- one pair of stereo RCA inputs (cable included)
- preamp output for a powered subwoofer (wireless connection available using the included receiver)
- 42"W x 5-1/2"H x 5"D
- weight: 20 lbs.
- warranty: 1 year
- MFR # 1100000039
What's in the box:
Paradigm Shift Series Soundscape owner's manual
- Active soundbar speaker
- Wireless sub receiver
- 6' AC power cord
- AC power adapter (w/ attached 5.5' DC cord)
- Cloth grille (pre-installed)
- 6' Optical digital cable
- 6' Stereo RCA cable
- Remote control
- 2 "AAA" batteries
- Wall-mount bracket
- 2 Screws (w/ washers)
- Owner's Manual
- Set-Up Guide
- Online Product Registration Card
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Features & specs
General | ||
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Design | Bar | |
Amplification | Self-powered | |
Separate Subwoofer | No | |
Wireless Surrounds | No | |
Number Of Channels | 3.1 | |
Surround Formats | ||
Dolby Digital | Yes | |
DTS | No | |
Dolby Atmos | No | |
DTS:X | No | |
Audio Enhancements | ||
Dialogue Enhancement | No | |
Auto Volume | No | |
Night Mode | --- | |
Virtual Surround | Paradigm Virtual Surround | |
Room Correction | No | |
Audio Connections | ||
Optical Digital Inputs | 2 | |
Coaxial Digital Inputs | 1 | |
HDMI ARC Input | No | |
HDMI eARC Input | No | |
3.5mm Stereo Analog Inputs | None | |
RCA Stereo Analog Inputs | 1 | |
USB Type-A Input | No | |
Subwoofer Output | 1 | |
Audio Specs | ||
Tweeter | 1" Dome (3) | |
Midrange | None | |
Woofer | 4" Cone (4) | |
Subwoofer Driver | None | |
Enclosure | Bass Reflex | |
System Frequency Response | 40-20k Hz | |
Sound Bar RMS Power | 175 | |
Subwoofer RMS Power | N/A | |
Video Connections | ||
HDMI Inputs | None | |
HDMI Outputs | None | |
Video Specs | ||
HDMI Version | N/A | |
HDMI Video Pass-through Resolution | N/A | |
HDR Video Compatible | No | |
Control | ||
Includes Remote | Yes | |
Voice Control | No | |
Control by App | No | |
HDMI CEC | No | |
Remote IR Passthrough | No | |
Learns TV Remote | Yes | |
Audio Streaming | ||
Bluetooth Connectivity | Built-in | |
Bluetooth Audio Playback | Yes | |
Bluetooth Transmitter Mode | No | |
Online Music Sources | --- | |
Apple AirPlay | No | |
Chromecast built-in | No | |
Amazon Music | --- | |
Apple Music | --- | |
Pandora | --- | |
SiriusXM | --- | |
Spotify | --- | |
TIDAL | --- | |
TuneIn | --- | |
YouTube Music | --- | |
Files on Your Network | No | |
Wi-Fi Networking | ||
Built-in Wi-Fi Version | None | |
Bands | N/A | |
Other Info | ||
Wall-mountable | Yes | |
Mounting Bracket Included | Yes | |
Sound Bar Size (inches) | 5-9/16H x 42-3/8W x 4-3/4D | |
Sound Bar Weight | 20 lbs | |
Subwoofer Size (inches) | No Subwoofer | |
Subwoofer Weight | N/A | |
Speaker Parts Warranty | 1 Year | |
Speaker Labor Warranty | 1 Year | |
Amplifier Parts Warranty | 1 Year | |
Amplifier Labor Warranty | 1 Year |
Product Research
Features
Seven Speaker Array: The Paradigm Soundscape soundbar speaker incorporates a total of seven drivers, including three 1" aluminum dome tweeters and four 4" midrange/midbass woofers. The soundbar is split into separate channels inside the speaker cabinet; a center, left, and right channel. Each channel features its own isolated chamber and its own compliment of drivers. The center channel section consists of one 1" aluminum dome tweeter and two 4" midrange/midbass woofers. Each left and right channel section consists of one 1" aluminum dome tweeter and one 4" midrange/midbass woofer. to ensure sound from all channels travel widely throughout the room. This type of design ensures sound from all channels travels widely and distinctly throughout your room.
- Three 1" Aluminum Dome Tweeters: The Three aluminum dome tweeters with ferro-fluid cooling the voice coil radically improves power handling for excellent high frequency reproduction.
- Four 4" Midrange/Midbass Woofers: The four 4" composite cone midrange/midbass woofers deliver a superb low-mass, high-stiffness ratio with excellent sound reproduction in the higher midrange and fast transient response.
Class-D Amplification with DSP: The Soundscape soundbar speaker use Class-D amplification with DSP (digital signal processing). Each driver is powered by is own 25W RMS (50W Peak) Class-D amplifier for dynamic sound performance. Paradigm's proprietary DSP platform uses sophisticated algorithms to shape frequency response so that even when the Soundscape soundbar speaker is playing loud, bass remains clear and musical.
Molded ABS Bass-Reflex Cabinet: The active soundbar speaker feature a molded ABS enclosure in a high-gloss black finish. The enclosure employs a bass reflex design with side-firing ports for greater efficiency and bigger bass response.
Dolby Digital Decoding + Paradigm Virtual Surround: The Soundscape soundbar speaker system decodes Dolby Digital through its optical (toslink) and coaxial (RCA) digital inputs and provides virtual surround sound via proprietary DSP technology, known as "Paradigm Virtual Surround". In most systems without dedicated surround/rear speakers much of the impact of surround sound is lost, since there are no physical speaker channels to deliver it. Paradigm Virtual Surround processing ensures none of this impactful sound is lost. Through sophisticated mathematical algorithms, Paradigm Virtual Surround gathers all the neglected sonic information in a central sweet spot, then redirects it into the front left and right channels of the soundbar speaker, sending it out into the room in a way that creates the auditory illusion of surround sound with an enveloping audio experience.
Analog + Digital Inputs: The Paradigm Soundscape soundbar system offers three digital inputs and one analog input. The soundbar speaker is fitted with two optical (toslink) digital audio inputs and one coaxial (RCA) digital audio input which support 2-channel PCM & Dolby Digital. The soundbar is also fitted with a stereo RCA input for connection of an analog device (2Ch PCM only).
Bluetooth Audio w/ aptX: The Paradigm Soundscape features built-in Bluetooth (A2DP/AVRCP) so you can wirelessly stream stored music and music apps on your Apple device (iPod/iPhone/iPad), Android smartphone/tablet, or other compatible device to the soundbar speaker system. It even offers aptX audio coding in order two wirelessly deliver CD-quality sound from select Android (OS 4.0+) mobile devices to the system. You'll be able to control basic playback functions (Play/Pause, Previous/Next Track) from the Soundtrack 2 system's IR remote. You will still continue to use your Bluetooth-enabled device for advance music navigation and to view song/artist information.
Sub Output: The Paradigm Soundscape soundbar speaker is also fitted with a mono-RCA sub output for connection of an external powered subwoofer. In addition, the Soundscape features a built-in wireless sub-out transmitter and includes a wireless subwoofer receiver for a wireless connection (up to 50") of a powered sub.
Remote Control: The Paradigm Soundscape soundbar system comes with an IR remote control for wireless operation. The remote turns the system's power on/off, switches between inputs, and controls volume up/down. The remote can also be used to control basic music playback functions (Play/Pause, Previous/Next Track) of your Bluetooth-paired device. You can also program the system's volume functions to operate from your TV's remote control.
Mounting Options: The Soundscape soundbar speaker should be centered directly above or below your television. The soundbar speaker can be placed on a flat-surface above or below your flat-panel TV using the supplied feet. You can also mount the soundbar speaker to the wall using the included wall-mount bracket with keyhole slots (mounting screws not supplied).
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Nice piece of equipment, well built, looks great and the overall sound is soild. I'm using it with the wireless set up to run a Paradigm sub. Sound great when watching movies, sports and blue rays. Bluetooth for i-phone music is nice. It's a little pricey but it is a paradigm product.
Frank V from Chapel Hill, North Carolina