Power & Performance

• Design: 2-driver, 2-way ported bookshelf / standmount enclosure
• Crossover: 2nd-order electro-acoustic at 1.2 kHz
• Frequency Response (On-Axis): +/- 3 dB from 62 Hz – 23 kHz
• Frequency Response (30° Off-Axis): +/- 3 dB from 62 Hz – 20 kHz
• Sensitivity (Room / Anechoic): 90 dB / 87 dB
• Impedance: Compatible with 8 Ohms
• Low Frequency Extension: 39 Hz (DIN)
• Suitable Amplifier Power Range: 15 – 130 Watts
• Maximum Input Power: 70 Watts
• Performance: The Paradigm Premier 120B V2 is the compact, space-conscious entry point into the revamped Premier V2 Series. Engineered to step up standard media spaces into authentic hifi terrain, this 2-way bookshelf inherits elite, flagship-level driver materials directly down from the premium Founder Series. By replacing the previous generation's plastic assemblies with a rigid 5.5-inch AL-MAG™ driver and a highly advanced ceramic dome tweeter, it breaks the physical expectations of its class to map out an impressive 39 Hz low-frequency footprint. It is the definitive choice for near-field listening rooms, small executive spaces, or high-end desktop monitoring systems where pin-point spatial imaging and three-dimensional soundstage depth must coexist within a tight cabinet constraint.

Audio Features & Drivers

• 1-inch AL-MAC™ Ceramic Dome Tweeter: Trickled straight down from upper-tier developments, this state-of-the-art dome blends aluminum, magnesium, and ceramic into an ultra-stiff, featherweight composite matrix. This material effectively pushes problematic resonance modes out of the human hearing range.
• Oblate Spheroid Waveguide (OSW™): The tweeter is structurally embedded within a deeply profiled horn waveguide. The OSW™ controls horizontal directivity to widen the treble field while eliminating secondary wall and ceiling reflections, guaranteeing highly stable off-axis performance.
• Patented PPA™ (Perforated Phase-Aligning) Tweeter Lens: Serving both as a distinctive physical shield and a mechanical acoustic filter. It smooths out high-frequency transients and prevents out-of-phase frequency nodes from smearing the high-frequency image.
• 5.5-inch Ultra-High-Excursion AL-MAG™ Mid/Bass Driver: Built from an agile aluminum-magnesium alloy, this low-mass driver features a 1-inch high-temp multi-layered voice coil wound on a ventilated Apical™ former. It is acoustically voiced to extract exceptionally rapid, tactile mid-bass impact while handling fragile vocal textures without coloration.
• Gen3 ART™ (Active Ridge Technology) Surrounds: The 5.5-inch driver utilizes overmolded thermoplastic elastomer surrounds featuring a specialized Vertical Mounting System. This pleated edge architecture expands linear peak-to-peak cone throw for a critical 3 dB gain in total headroom and a 50% plunge in operational distortion.
• High-Velocity Rear Bass Porting: The back of the cabinet features a contoured bass-reflex port optimized to leverage rear room-boundary reinforcement, allowing the 5.5-inch cone to travel deeply down to 39 Hz without bringing on chuffing or low-end muddiness.

Streaming & Connectivity

• Premium 5-Way Binding Posts: Outfitted with heavy-duty, gold-plated terminal blocks designed to cleanly lock onto raw high-gauge bare wire, spade connectors, or audiophile banana clips for a long-term, low-resistance connection.
• Seamless Timbre Mapping: Symmetrically tuned and voiced to blend invisibly with other Premier V2 models—such as the 620C v2 center or the 820F v2 floorstanding towers—making the 120B v2 the ultimate high-performance rear or side surround channel.
• Versatile Power Integration: Possessing a room sensitivity of 90 dB, these bookshelf monitors operate efficiently with premium multi-channel AV receivers, though they uncover greater transient timing and resolution when backed by standalone high-current stereo amplifiers.
• Anthem Room Correction Synergy: Developed to communicate flawlessly alongside Anthem® receivers and power separates, enabling Anthem Room Correction (ARC®) filters to digitally map out and correct for problematic boundaries, desktop reflections, or shelving obstacles.

Comfort & Dimensions

• Tapered Architectural Design: The elegant, modern wooden cabinet curves slightly backward, utilizing non-parallel side planes to scatter internal standing back-waves, preventing the wooden box from adding unwanted resonance to the sound.
• Furniture-Grade Finishes: Handcrafted to modern luxury standards and available in clean, contemporary treatments including Piano Black, Satin White, Walnut, and Black Walnut to visually balance into high-end residential interiors.
• Overall Dimensions: 12” (30.5cm) Height x 7” (17.8cm) Width x 12.1” (30.7cm) Depth.
• Unit Weight: 16.3 lbs (7.4 kg) each — A solid, remarkably heavy mass for its size category that reflects the heavy motor structure pots, dense internal bracing, and thick face walls.
• Sonically Transparent Magnetic Grilles: Includes low-profile fabric grilles that fasten seamlessly over the front baffle plane using high-force hidden magnets, maintaining an immaculate appearance when the grilles are left off to expose the intricate metal driver patterns.

Design & Build

• Heavy-Duty MDF Framework: Constructed with a dense 3/4-inch (19mm) MDF core shell reinforced with strategically placed internal acoustic framework matrices to prevent cabinet walls from flexing under high output.
• Diffraction-Reducing Front Baffle: Upgraded with a solid 1-inch (25mm) thick front face plane to dampen physical driver energy and dramatically smooth outward sound wave radiation.
• Prototyped and Conceived in Canada: Designed, modeled, and engineered utilizing the advanced acoustic testing labs at Paradigm's main facility in Ontario, Canada.
• NRC Research Legacy: Directly influenced by foundational psychoacoustic sound mapping parameters performed alongside the National Research Council (NRC), aligning the speaker with strict parameters for tonal neutral balance

Paradigm speakers are warranted to be and remain free of manufacturing and/or material defects for a period of outlined below from the date of original purchase. Within the time period specified, repair, replacement or adjustment of parts for manufacturing and/or material defects will be free of charge to the original owner. Thermal or mechanical abuse/misuse is not covered under warranty.

The warranty period on Paradigm speakers is as follows:

• Bookshelf, floorstanding, in-wall & in-ceiling speakers — five (5) years
• Powered Subwoofers — three (3) years
• Outdoor Rock speakers — five (5) years
• Stylus Outdoor speakers — two (2) years
• Powered Speakers — one (1) year
• SHIFT Series products — one (1) year

Warranty begins on date of purchase from Paradigm or an Authorized Paradigm Dealer.

This warranty applies only to purchases made from authorized Paradigm dealers in Canada and the United States. For warranty terms, conditions and support elsewhere, please contact the authorized Paradigm distributor in the country where you made your purchase. Warranty outside Canada and the US is established and provided by our authorized distributors around the world.

Limitations:

• Warranty begins on date of original retail purchase from an Authorized Paradigm® Dealer only. It is not transferable;
• Warranty applies to product in normal home use only. If product is subjected to any of the conditions outlined in the next section, warranty is void;
• Warranty does not apply if the product is used in professional or commercial applications.

Warranty is Void if:

• The product has been abused (intentionally or accidentally);
• The product has been used in conjunction with unsuitable or faulty equipment;
• The product has been subjected to damaging signals, derangement in transport, mechanical damage or any abnormal conditions;
• The product (including cabinet) has been tampered with or damaged by an unauthorized service facility;
• The serial number has been removed or defaced.

Owner Responsibilities:

• Provide normal/reasonable operating care and maintenance;
• Provide or pay for transportation charges for product to service facility;
• Provide proof of purchase (your sales receipt given at time of purchase from your Authorized Paradigm® Dealer must be retained for proof-of purchase date).

Should servicing be required, contact your nearest Authorized Paradigm® Dealer, Paradigm Electronics Inc. or Import Distributor (outside the U.S. and Canada) to arrange, bring in or ship prepaid, any defective unit. Paradigm Electronics Inc. reserves the right to improve the design of any product without assuming any obligation to modify any product previously manufactured. This warranty is in lieu of all other warranties expressed or implied, of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose and may not be extended or enlarged by anyone. In no event shall Paradigm Electronics Inc., their agents or representatives be responsible for any incidental or consequential damages. Some jurisdictions do not allow limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so this exclusion may not apply to you.

Retain your sales receipt for proof of warranty term and proof of purchase.