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The Founder 40B is a two-driver, two-way standmount speaker with a ported enclosure, part of Paradigm’s Founder Series. It uses a 1-inch AL-MAC ceramic-dome tweeter with an Oblate Spherical Waveguide and Perforated Phase-Aligning lens, paired with a 6-inch AL-MAG mid/bass driver featuring Gen3 Active Ridge Technology and Advanced SHOCK-MOUNT isolation. The cabinet measures 14.5 × 7.8 × 12.8 inches (36.8 × 19.7 × 32 cm), and the speaker weighs 25 lb (11.3 kg).
Driver and acoustic performance characteristics
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The closest alternatives on specs, description and the systems they turn up in, with the specs they share set side by side.
The Nautilus 805S's sensitivity is 88 dB against the Founder 40B's 92 dB, its high-frequency extension 22 kHz against 23 kHz, and its low-frequency extension 49 Hz against 41 Hz. Both share impedance (8Ω).
The 805S's sensitivity is 88 dB against the Founder 40B's 92 dB, its high-frequency extension 22 kHz against 23 kHz, and its low-frequency extension 49 Hz against 41 Hz. Both share impedance (8Ω).
Both turn up in the same documented systems.
The Offrande's sensitivity is 91 dB against the Founder 40B's 92 dB, its high-frequency extension 25 kHz against 23 kHz, and its low-frequency extension 30 Hz against 41 Hz. Both share impedance (8Ω).
The Super HL5's impedance is 7Ω against the Founder 40B's 8Ω, its sensitivity 86 dB against 92 dB, its low-frequency extension 40 Hz against 41 Hz, and its high-frequency extension 24 kHz against 23 kHz.
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