Paradigm Defiance Subwoofers Overview

Paradigm has always been one of the few major home audio loudspeaker manufacturers to take their subwoofers seriously, so our interest is always piqued when they launch a new sub. Their new Defiance subwoofer series has had our attention ever since their announcement, so we paid them a visit to take a look at the entire lineup ranging from the Defiance V10 and the way up to the crafted in Canada X15 goliath to see the spectrum of performance that can be had from the two tiers of Paradigm's new subwoofer line. Watch our YouTube Overview of the series to see what innovations Paradigm has made with their latest subwoofer design and stay tuned for our written review with exhaustive measurements of the V12 and X12.

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Correction at 4:00 only mic is included, not the stand.

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[AndresYatesCohen]

Just bought the Defiance X10 ....amazing smooth deep sound. Great sub.

[Al-sete]

@ audioholics, I’m actually running a 7.1.4 home theatre system. All Paradigm. My sub I’m running right now is the Paradigm studio sub 12. But I would like to upgrade, to duals . My choices are down to the Paradigm x15, Power sound audio V1510, or Svs Pb4000 or sb16’s. Maybe I could have some insight on which one to choose ? My room is 18ft Lx 13ft Wx 8ft H. Thank you and keep up the great videos !

[Agent-fgol]

Those subs look really nice 🙂 I'm loving the x15 and it's specs. I currently run two pc2000's and they are very nice subs. I was thinking about upgrading at some point to two pc4000's or maybe getting two more pc2000's so they'd be the same output across all 4. What do you guys or anyone else reading this think?

[jimmyFX]

I'm currently using a paradigm servo 15, from 2004 era..and of course all paradigm reference speakers.been using paradigm since late 80's when i purchased my first set of studio monitors, ,

[venturarodriguezvallejo]

Hi, Audioholics.
Just a question that, perhaps, can be a little off-topic:
Why almost every time we talk about subs, it seems we're implicitly talking about Home Theater applications, and never (or so) about plain stereo music systems?
I understand there's a whole lot of good to extremely good Hi-Fi speakers which cannot reach the low end of freq range, being present in the recordings themselves, but impossible to listen to if the speakers simply don't deliver those frequencies at any audible level.
These nice subwoofers (and others) can be an improvement to music enjoyment at home. Or so I guess.
Is there any technical impediment in using subs just for normal two-channel musical audition?
Thanks so much.

[brandonhibbs]

What size is the box of the x15 juts orderd one of these beasts and wanted to know if il jave 2 take a truck to pick it up so I can measure my trunk in my suv to see if it'll fit

[Sunil-hexm]

Gene still has his disco clothes from the 80's.

[ryle]

do you have reviews of surround speakers? I checked out your website, but under the surround sound products there was only surround sound kits in a box. I was thinking of getting some bic pl66 for surrounds

[almartell]

Since my receiver has one RCA sub out, how do I hook up this sub to my receiver ?..

[cosmikarrot]

I´m looking to build a 2.1 system, using Dali Spektor 1 as main speakers . Could you please recommend some active subwoofers able to drive the Dalis, I´m trying to be minimalist here, for space reasons, and still get some decent sound without the need of any external amps. Thanks in advance

[chehau]

perphas u may try procella audio v21 with dual 21 inch subwoofers in a box

[scottparker]

I have Currently (2) Ultracube10's for my theater--16''w x 14'l x10'h-- radiator on 1 cracked.. want to upgrade (1) to 12" while keeping 1 Ultracube in room.. recommendations ???

[astrotrance]

Looks like these compete head-to-head with SVS's line. I wonder if they're as easy to order online. 😉

[deanweninger]

I wonder how it compares to the servo 15v2

[JB-hchq]

Have a soft spot for my Axiom ep500 v2 with the aluminium driver that my kids have dented, it still goes hard

[geft]

I have a really old Paradigm PW2200 12” sub. Probably time to upgrade, but I chose to upgrade my mains to Prestige 85Fs first. I use ARC on my MRX receiver and it sounds great. My room is far from ideal, which makes ARC even more impressive.

[gsmd]

I'm running 2 SVS PB 13 Ultra's. I'm thinking of adding a PB 16 Ultra into my mix?

[imhighonlife]

That sales manager just won’t shut up. What a ball of

[NightVisionOfficial]

I've buy a pair of AKG K52 on Amazon, for 29 Euro, what do you think about it ? I already have this same headphone, with different design, but is the same ! (bcz they've broken)

[randalllawkin]

I like that shirt!! Also anybody have thoughts on the new yamo s803?? As far as sound stage bass vs the elac until? How does it sound musically and as a surround setup?