Paradigm Cinema 70 CT 5.1 Home Theater Surround Sound System
- 4 Cinema 70 satellites; 1 Cinema CC; 1 high-performance
subwoofer: 8¿ driver, 250 watts Dynamic Peak / 100 watts RMS. True
audiophile-quality sound. Room-filling bass to 35 Hz. Compact design
suits any listening environment. - 1¿ PTD titanium domes; ferro-fluid cooled, 3-1/2¿ ICP
injection-molded co-polymer bass/midrange cones; advanced motor
structures, Powered subwoofer with 8¿ fiber-reinforced cone; built-in
high-power amplifier: 250 watts Dynamic Peak/100 watts RMS.
6-Pc. Paradigm Cinema 70 CT 5.1 Compact Theater Surround Sound
System. From the #1 Brand in Loudspeakers comes the Paradigm Cinema 70
CT 5.1 Compact Theater Surround Sound System for music, home theater
and computer gaming: 4 Cinema satellite speakers, a center chanel and a
powerful subwoofer with 8˝ driver. Paradigm CT systems deliver
Performance and Value like no conventional Home Theater in a Box (HTiB)
system can! Buyer beware: Typical HTiB systems are all about price, not
sound. Or even worse, expensive marketing hype and still not sound.
When it comes to sound quality, those other systems simply cannot
deliver. Paradigm Cinema CT’s are all about performance. They deliver
5.1 audiophile-quality sound without sacrificing lifestyle size, good
looks or a great price. They’re every bit affordable as those other
HTiB systems, but when it comes to performance, they leave conventional
HTiB stuck in the box! Cinema CT systems integrate beautifully,
delivering a seamless soundstage that brings movies and gaming to life
and makes music sound “live.”
Think TWICE before buying from Amazon
I purchased, on sale for $499, the Cinema 110 CT in silver. As soon as
I opened the box, I noticed one of the wall-mount brackets was missing.
I sent an e-mail to Amazon to notify them and request one to be sent to
me. I continued to unpack and get the speakers out, and when I was
pulling out the sub I noticed something rattling. It turns out that one
of the "legs" (stand-offs) was completely broken off and rattling in
the plastic bag. I sent another e-mail to Amazon to report that and
asked for a replacement. The responses I received from Amazon was that
they don't have the model in stock, so I could either keep it and get
15% off (response to 1st e-mail), $50 off (response to 2nd e-mail), or
return it for refund. I actually want to keep the set, just not with a
broken piece. Since the black version is available I figured to call
Amazon's customer service and ask if they would replace my set with a
black one considering it's pretty much "like-for-like". You can guess
from the title the answer I got was a "no." Since I purchased the
silver ones on sale they can't replace them with the black ones even
though they are exactly the same. The problem is not that something was
damaged or missing. Quite frankly I think Paradigm shipped the set out
that way since there's no visible sign of damage bad enough that could
have done the damage. The box didn't look like it had been opened, so
the bracket must have been missing from the factory. What Amazon has
failed is to do the simple, right thing and deliver the customer
service it promises. I'm sure Amazon can either get a sub from Paradigm
for replacement or replace mine with the black ones and send mine back
to Paradigm for credit. But why bother, right? I already bought the
receiver, speaker wire, connectors and ceiling mounts to go with the
speakers. Why bother giving me, a customer, service. My advise is to
think TWICE before you THINK TWICE about buying anything worth more
than a couple of hundred dollars. If you do after all the thinking then
just pray that it shows up in perfect condition. Otherwise you may end
up with lots of frustration and phone time with customer service agents
who can't really do anything for you.
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