SVS Prime Centre – a brilliant Centre Channel loudspeaker at a very competitive price.
True 3-way center channel delivers crystal clear and natural sounding dialogue and vocals with an expansive soundstage and excellent dispersion for a convincing surround sound home theatre experience.
A center speaker has a challenging part to play. It has to be a soloist—delivering clear and natural dialogue across a broad soundstage. A split second later, it has to fill the role of back-up band—melding with the ambiance of the environment to contribute realism in movies and music. The Prime Centre delivers on both of these demands with world-class precision via its 1” aluminum dome tweeter, dedicated and independently sealed 3.5” midrange driver and dual 5.25” woofers – a true three-way design that is a rarity for center channel speakers in their price class. Voicing is neutral and natural, bringing dialogue and vocals forward just enough to be clear and intelligible. Yet, when called on to play its part in transitions—like a jet fighter soaring across the sky from left rear channel to front right—it blends in to create a smooth, realistic transition. Elegantly styled like its Prime siblings, the Centre will look beautiful in any listening environment.
Borrowing liberally from the flagship Ultra Centre, the Prime Centre channel features a true 3-way center channel with a vertically-aligned tweeter and midrange driver. This eliminates comb filtering and lobing in the horizontal axis – resulting in crystal clear dialogue at all listening positions in the room. Now everyone will have a ‘sweet spot’ and won’t have to strain to hear dialogue.
The dual 5.25” woofers deliver a full and rich sound, doing full justice to deep male voices and delivering plenty of punch on special effects. And to make sure those beefy woofers can’t modulate the delicate and critical midrange frequencies, the midrange driver is mounted in its own dedicated and completely sealed compartment.
Available in premium-grade piano gloss black or handsome black ash finish, the Prime Centre is handsomely styled and tells the world you’re serious about high performance home theatre.
SVS Prime Centre
Black ash and piano gloss black finish options
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)
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: 12.2″ (H) X 23″ (W) X 13.4″ (D)
Weight Unboxed: 20.2 pounds
Shipped Weight: 23.3 pounds
1” Aluminium Dome Tweeter:
FEA-optimised diffuser for airy and unveiled presentation
Aluminium dome delivers 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 behaviour
Trevor K. (verified owner) –
Jeremy B. (verified owner) –
When I purchased a NAD T778 from Richard he said that a centre speaker would be essential for my new setup. He was so right. I used just front and surround speakers for a short while and then, on Richard’s advice, bought a SVS Prime Centre Speaker. This has improved the sound experience dramatically. The SVS is well made, looks good, and sounds excellent.