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SVS Prime Centre Speaker - Black Ash

✓ 5 Year Warranty included
✓ Authorised UK Dealer
✓ FREE Next Working Day Courier Service to mainland UK

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.

£499.00

Details

Prime Driver & Tweeter Design

Since center channel speakers handle a large percentage of the audio content, including dialogue and vocals, and much of that sound falls within the mid-range, SVS engineered an incredibly light and rigid polypropylene cone for the Prime Center speaker’s mid-range driver to provide a flat frequency response and to generate the SPL necessary for stunning in-room dynamics and an expansive front soundstage. The mid-range driver is also housed in its own sub-enclosure within the cabinet to ensure there’s no modulation from the robust woofers. The 1-inch aluminum dome tweeter is light, efficient, and rigid, playing crystal clear at high volumes for a sense of utter transparency, while offering an ‘airy’ presentation and incredibly unveiled highs so female vocals and dialogue always sound crisp, smooth and clear. The potent 5.25-inch woofers are built on an all-new cast ABS-fiberglass composite basket for precise component alignment and an inert frame without resonances or added harmonics. The light and rigid cone material render a flat frequency response and deliver deep and authoritative low frequency playback. For optimized bass extension the cabinet is rear ported and optimally tuned for dual woofers.

Innovative SoundMatch Crossover Design

Providing the perfectly balanced voicing for the Prime Center speaker is a proprietary SVS SoundMatch crossover that sports premium-grade capacitors, air-core inductors, and heavy-trace printed circuit boards. This combination of high-quality components yields lower distortion, tighter tolerances and all around better sound for the critical, dialogue and action-focused front soundstage. The 3-way crossover is uniquely tuned so each driver blends perfectly with each other while offering excellent on and off-axis response and pinpoint spatial imaging for the most convincing audio experience possible.

Performance Driven Cabinet Design and Geometry

Tapered edges on the Prime Center speaker’s front baffle, known as chamfers, minimize edge diffraction for clear and precise soundstaging. The cabinet’s presence is substantial but it does not take over a room visually and offers a modern industrial feel with acoustic enhancements like shorting rings and a tweeter diffuser. All of these advancements are packed into an attractively styled cabinet available in stunning piano gloss black or premium black ash finish.

More Information

More Information
Features	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

Delivery

How will you send my item?

We ship to addresses within the UK using Royal Mail and DPD couriers.

How much does delivery cost?

Standard 2-3 working day delivery is FREE on all orders to mainland UK. Next working day courier service is available on all orders for a small fee of £4.99. On some items this is provided for FREE.

For orders to UK Non-mainland and International destinations, there will be an additional charge at checkout. Please see below for more information.

How long does delivery take?

Depending on the delivery service you choose, delivery usually takes between 1-3 working days to mainland UK from the moment we despatch your order. Orders to UK non-mainland and international destinations can take longer.

When will you despatch my order?

Orders placed before 3pm are processed and despatched the same day (excluding bank holidays and weekends). Orders placed on weekends will be processed and despatched the following working day.

*Please note that international orders may require extra checks before we are able to despatch your order so timescales may vary.

Can I track my delivery?

Yes - Order tracking is offered as standard on all items, whether they are shipped via DPD or Royal Mail. You will receive your tracking information via email once we have despatched your order.

UK Non-mainland and International destinations.

Due to the UK leaving the EU, some of our delivery partners have changed the way we ship to international and offshore destinations. This means that for the time being we are unable to ship items to these locations.

We are still accepting orders to these destinations however delivery times and prices are not final. We will confirm via email once we know more from our delivery partner.

Shipping for all items to UK Non-Mainland and International destinations will incur a charge at checkout. This charge is not final and we may need to charge for additional postage if required.

Shipping to international destinations may require further security checks and I.D. may need to be provided by the cardholder. We reserve the right to cancel any orders where you are do not pass our security checks or do not pay for appropriate postage.

Please note that we are unable to ship some items outside the UK. To avoid any disapointment please contact us before making your order.

What do you class as UK Non-mainland?

Rep. Ireland, N. Ireland, Channel Islands, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Wight, Isle of Man and Scottish Highlands. If you are unsure whether your address is classed as UK Non-mainland please feel free to contact us and an advisor will be happy to help.

For any further enquiries with regards to your delivery please contact us on 020 8813 7666 and one of our adviser's will be happy to help.

Returns

If you're not happy with your item or you've changed your mind.

Even though we're sure you'll be happy with your purchase, it's important that you are aware of how we deal with returns in the event that you need to send something back.

We understand how inconvenient it can be when you buy a product and aren't 100% satisfied with it. For this reason we have designed our returns policy to prevent any further inconvenience to you in these instances.

Under 30 days

You can return your goods for a full refund or exchange as long as you inform us of your intention to return the goods within 30 days of receipt, starting from the day after you receive your goods (Exclusions apply, see below.)
All return costs are down to the buyer and it is recommended that you return your items using a trackable method with appropriate insurance (if required).
Once we have confirmed your return, please ensure that you return the item within 14 days.
If a returns number is provided then please ensure that the parcel has this clearly marked.
Items need to be returned in "as new" condition in their original packaging. We don't mind if you open the product to check it, however any used or damaged products will be subject to a 25% handling fee so please take care when opening your items.

After 30 days

We will not offer a refund after 30 days of you receiving your delivery unless your product is faulty.

Exclusions from our returns policy

As we're sure you'll understand, there are some products that we can't offer returns on due to their nature. These include:

Special order items and cables cut from a reel (priced per metre). These items will be clearly identifiable.
In-Ear headphones due to health and hygiene reasons.
Products that include software which require activation.

Please note that these exclusions do not apply to items that become faulty.

If your product becomes faulty

We endeavour to get your items to you in fully working order, however in the event that your items do become faulty, please read below on what you should do next.

In a lot of cases with some products, faults can be fixed by performing some basic troubleshooting, so to prevent any further inconvenience to you we advise that you contact our Customer Service team who can guide you through some basic troubleshooting before sending items back.

Under 30 days

If your items become faulty within 30 days of delivery you are entitled to a full refund or exchange. Please contact our customer service centre who will provide necessary returns details.
Please send the items back with a cover note including a description of the fault and your original order number.
Once we have fully tested the item and confirmed the fault, we will process the refund or exchange including cost of carriage back to us (within reason).
If during our testing we cannot find a fault, no refund will be given and you will be charged for delivery of the item back to you.

After 30 days

After 30 days you will still be able to get your faulty items repaired or replaced within the manufacturers warranty and we will be happy to assist you with this. Please contact our customer service team to find out the best way to get your items repaired or replaced. Please be aware that after 30 days we will not cover you for any carriage costs.

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