Power & Performance

• Design: 4-driver, 3-way acoustic suspension (sealed) LCR enclosure
• Crossover: 2nd-order electro-acoustic at 1.3 kHz (tweeter/mid) and 2nd-order at 500 Hz (mid/bass)
• Frequency Response (On-Axis): +/- 3 dB from 75 Hz – 23 kHz
• Frequency Response (30° Off-Axis): +/- 3 dB from 75 Hz – 20 kHz
• Sensitivity (Room / Anechoic): 93 dB / 90 dB
• Impedance: Compatible with 8 Ohms
• Low Frequency Extension: 50 Hz (DIN)
• Suitable Amplifier Power Range: 15 – 120 Watts
• Maximum Input Power: 80 Watts
• Performance: The Paradigm Premier 520LCR V2 is an incredibly versatile, high-output solution engineered to anchor the front soundstage of premium home cinemas. Fully overhauled with elite driver architectures trickled down from the flagship Founder Series, this compact model works flawlessly as a Left, Center, or Right channel monitor. Thanks to its sealed acoustic suspension footprint, it can be mounted horizontally or vertically inside home theater cabinets or positioned tightly against boundary walls without inducing bloated, boomy bass resonances. It is the definitive choice for space-conscious living rooms and dedicated media spaces, offering lightning-fast transient snap, deep stereophonic symmetry, and pristine center-stage vocal projection.

Audio Features & Drivers

• 1-inch AL-MAC™ Ceramic Dome Tweeter: Borrowed from upper-tier lines, this specialized composite dome blends aluminum, magnesium, and ceramic into an ultra-stiff, low-mass structure. By moving the driver's breakup modes entirely outside the threshold of human hearing, it provides effortless high-frequency air and micro-details with zero listening fatigue.
• Oblate Spheroid Waveguide (OSW™) & PPA™ Lens: The tweeter sits countersunk inside an optimized horn profile that restricts ceiling and wall boundary reflections. It is capped by a patented PPA™ (Perforated Phase-Aligning) Tweeter Lens which serves as a mechanical phase plug, blocking out-of-phase nodes to ensure surgical treble accuracy across a vast horizontal listening field.
• Coaxial AL-MAG™ Midrange Driver: Positioned directly around the high-frequency assembly to form a true point-source acoustic center. This aluminum-magnesium alloy driver utilizes an oversized multi-layered voice coil on a ventilated Apical™ former, ensuring cinematic dialogue and whispered lines tracking across the center stage are rendered with lifelike focus.
• Two 6-inch Ultra-High-Excursion CARBON-X™ Unibody Woofers: These high-performance active woofers feature single-piece, molded carbon-fiber cones designed to maximize structural rigidity under rapid peak changes. They deliver an incredibly tight, physical lower-register foundation that remains completely articulate at stadium-level volumes.
• Gen3 ART™ (Active Ridge Technology) Surrounds: The dual 6-inch Carbon-X woofers utilize overmolded thermoplastic elastomer surrounds featuring a specialized Vertical Mounting System. This pleated edge allows for significantly greater linear cone throw, yielding a 3 dB gain in clean headroom and a 50% drop in overall distortion.

Streaming & Connectivity

• Premium 5-Way Binding Posts: Outfitted with heavy-duty, gold-plated terminal blocks built to accept high-gauge bare wire, spade connectors, or audiophile banana plugs, securing a permanent, low-resistance signal path.
• Symmetrical Timbre Mapping: Symmetrically voiced and frequency-matched to blend invisibly with other Premier V2 models—such as the 820F v2 floorstanding towers or 220B v2 bookshelves—enabling users to assemble a cohesive wrap-around cinema field with zero shifts in character.
• Approachably High Efficiency: Boasting an impressive room sensitivity of 93 dB, the 520LCR v2 pairs easily with standard multi-channel AV receivers, though it handles dynamic soundtracks with ultimate grip when driven by separate power amplifiers.
• Anthem Room Correction Synergy: Developed to communicate flawlessly alongside Anthem® electronics, allowing Anthem Room Correction (ARC®) filters to digitally smooth out boundary reflections and acoustic anomalies imposed by custom entertainment cabinetry.

Comfort & Dimensions

• Acoustically Inert Sealed Enclosure: Built with non-parallel structural boundaries to break up internal standing waves. The acoustic suspension profile isolates back-wave energy inside the cabinet box, allowing the speaker to sit flush on wall mounts or deep within custom cabinets without muddying the sound.
• Furniture-Grade Painted Finishes: Available in four modern premium finishes: Piano Black, Satin White, Walnut, and Black Walnut, highlighted by sleek aluminum and stainless steel trim accents to accent contemporary residential interiors.
• Overall Dimensions: 8.3” (21.1cm) Height x 23.4” (59.4cm) Width x 12” (30.5cm) Depth.
• Unit Weight: 31.1 lbs (14.1 kg) — A very heavy, substantial weight for a multi-purpose LCR monitor, reflecting the dense interior bracing matrices and massive dual-woofer motor plants.
• Sonically Transparent Magnetic Grilles: Includes low-profile fabric grilles that fasten cleanly over the front baffle plane via hidden high-strength magnets, ensuring a clean aesthetic when removed to show off the intricate metallic PPA™ lenses.

Design & Build

• Advanced SHOCK-MOUNT™ Isolation System: Derived from architectural lines, the driver baskets are completely mechanically decoupled from the front baffle using an elastomer suspension network to prevent performance-robbing chassis vibrations from coloring the audio field.
• Diffraction-Reducing Front Baffle: Enhanced 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.