SVS prime center gloss black

SVS Prime Center Speaker

True 3-way center channel delivers crystal clear and natural sounding dialogue and vocals with an expansive soundstage, stunning dynamics and excellent dispersion for a convincing home theater surround sound experience.

It's rare, if not impossible to find a true 3-way center channel speaker at even close to what the Prime Center costs. Leveraging design elements and technology from the SVS Ultra Center, the Prime Center speaker features premium drivers and crossover components and sophisticated engineering that put it in a class by itself when compared to other center speakers in its class.

Center channel speakers are often considered the most underrated speakers in a home theater because they handle so much of the content yet are designed as afterthoughts by many audio brands. The SVS Prime Center accepts no compromises and anchors the front soundstage of a 5.1 home theater surround sound system or other set-ups with precision and power that complements even the most high-end multi-channel systems.

Specifications

Frequency Response / Acoustic Data:

• Rated bandwidth: 48 Hz-25 kHz (±3 dB)
• Nominal impedance: 8 ohms.
• Sensitivity: 86 dB (2.83V @ 1 meter full-space, 300-3kHz)
• Recommended amplifier power: 20-200 watts.

Speaker Specs:

• Black ash and piano gloss black finish options
• Single set of 5-way binding posts
• Dual 1” wide-flared rear-firing ports
• Cloth grille with pin/cup retention system
• Elastomer stick-on bumper feet (adds 3mm to height)
• Center Channel Loudspeaker
• Cabinet Dimensions: 7.6" (H) X 18.6" (W) X 8.6" (D)
• Overall Dimensions: 7.7" (H) X 18.6" (W) X 9.2" (D) (includes grille and bumper feet)
• Shipped Dimensions: Shipped Dimensions: 12.2" (H) X 23" (W) X 13.4" (D)
• Weight Unboxed: 20.2 pounds
• Shipped Weight: 23.3 pounds

Driver Specs:

1” Aluminum Dome Tweeter:

• FEA-optimized diffuser for airy and unveiled presentation
• Aluminum dome for exceptional transient response

3.5” Midrange Driver:

• Polypropylene cone for excellent stiffness/mass ratio and pistonic behavior
• Cast ABS-fiberglass composite basket ensures precision component alignment and excellent thermal transfer
• Vented voice coil former minimizes air compression artifacts

Dual 5.25” Woofers:

• Long stroke motor and suspension for high output
• Polypropylene cone for excellent stiffness/mass ratio and pistonic behavior
• Aluminum shorting ring to reduce gap inductance, lower distortion, and enhance high frequency response
• Cast ABS-fiberglass composite basket ensures precision component alignment and excellent thermal transfer
• Vented voice coil former minimizes air compression artifacts

Crossover Cabinet Specs:

Crossover:

• 3-way crossover with premium-grade capacitors, air-core inductors and heavy-trace printed circuit boards
• Midrange-to-tweeter crossover: 2.4 kHz (12 dB/octave slopes)
• Woofer-to-midrange crossover: 350 Hz (12 dB/octave slopes)

Cabinet:

• Separate sealed midrange enclosure shifts standing waves beyond the driver pass band, improving sound quality
• Separate sealed midrange enclosure shifts standing waves beyond the driver pass band, improving sound quality
• Chamfered front baffle and flush-mounted drivers reduce edge diffraction and improved on-axis high frequency response
• FEA-optimized cabinet and bracing eliminates resonances