Center Speaker reviews

ASW Cantius 312c Center Speaker

Having relatively small sizes, ASW Cantius 312C has an impressive dignity of design and considerable weight. This is a two-way construction, where two air ports are placed on the rear panel. A pair of 150-mm woofers is equipped with lightweight and solid diffusers made of carbon fiber, in the center...
Athena Technologies AS-C1 Center Speaker

Stylish Athena AS-C1 should be recognized as the most universal in the installation: minimal depth of the body - can be placed on TV with quite narrow upper panel; small height, closed body - convenient for installation in furniture compartments; there are slots for wall mounting. The loudspeaker amazingly...
Audio Pro Black Vector Center Speaker

A pair of soft white gloves is attached to the Swedish loudspeaker in order not to leave fingertips on a luxurious polished surface. The body is rigid. An inclined front panel allows to direct sound on the listener (what is especially useful when you install the system under the TV) and complicates "life"...
B&W LCR3 Center Speaker

LCR3 is made in one with DM series style. The speaker system of central channel has the branded tweeter, which is equipped with exponential waveguide from the rear side of membrane and also the branded "low-noise" bass-reflex port. The speaker system is very compact and will find place even on a small...
B&W LCR60 S3 Center Speaker

B&W LCR60 S3 speaker system was conceived as universal (as evidenced by LCR abbr.- Left Center Right). The tweeter is equipped with the branded absorbing waveguide. Left driver works up to 400 Hz, the right one - up to 4 kHz. Separate band switching is provided. Legs and plug for adjusting the work of...
B&W VM1 Center Speaker

The design of universal satellite from Leisure Monitor series suggests the possibility to organize an acoustically uniform theatre (of 5 or more B&W VM1 plus subwoofer). The body is made of very viscous polymer. The faceplate with two heads is closed by non-removable metallic grill. The set includes...
Boston Acoustics CRC Center Speaker

Boston Acoustics CRC is a compact speaker system with passive radiator. MF/LF driver is equipped with the device for phase correction of radiation in the area of band splitting. Using the branded bracket (option) you can hang it on the wall either horizontally or vertically. CRC is also available in...
Boston Acoustics CRC7 Center Speaker

The speaker system of the central channel, Boston Acoustics CRC7, differs by small sizes. The loudspeaker has the tweeter made of Kortec material, obtained by the impregnation of a silk dome with a special compound, making the opposite side of membrane quite rigid. MF/LF sections are occupied by two...
Canton CD50 Center Speaker

The series of CD speaker systems from Canton is developed extremely well, among which there are even wireless active speaker systems and three full 5.1 sets. CD50 takes middle position. They are made by 2,5-way scheme. Polished metal was used as material, but not without plastic - upper and lower ends...
Canton Chrono SL 555.2 Center Speaker

Canton Chrono SL 555.2 is assembled on the branded drivers, developed for this series. The diffusers of 6-inches woofers are made of aluminum alloy, driven by powerful magnets. The tweeter's dome is made of aluminum and magnesium alloy, which allowed to minimize mass and at the same time to increase...
Castle Bastion Center Speaker

Castle Bastion, the loudspeaker of central channel, was created as an essential addition to the system of home theatre with Harlech S2 and Howard S3. Its construction is made in the accordance with classical D'Appolito scheme: 28-mm with a soft dome is in the center, at the edges - two 130-mm MF/LF drivers...
Castle Keep 2 Center Speaker

Traditionally for Castle the body of Keep 2 loudspeaker is impeccably finished with natural veneer. The branded drivers are massive magnetic systems, carbon fiber diffusers of the mid-woofers, polyamide membrane of the tweeter. At the input of the filter there is blocking excess bass off capacitor. At...
Chario Constellation Phoenix Center Speaker

Chario Phoenix central channel loudspeaker from Constellation series stands out by the abundance of natural wood in the finish of the body. However, the meaning is not only in external aesthetics, but also to increase acoustic inertness of the body. Self-engineered tweeter is with a 38-mm fabric dome....
DALI IKON Vokal 2 Center Speaker

IKON series is a successful implementation of the branded technologies, borrowed from more expensive models. The brightest example is a hybrid high-frequency module, which a simple dome fabric tweeter and flat ribbon driver are installed on. Such combination allows you to achieve wide polar pattern and...
Energy XL-C100 Center Speaker

Energy XL-C100 is positioned by the developers as universal speaker system of the central channel for combining with the speaker system of XL series. XL-C100 is possible to be considered as modified version of XL-C. New speaker system has different sizes, new speakers and protective-decorative grill....
Focal-JMlab Chorus CC 700 S Center Speaker

Focal-JMlab traditionally uses in its speaker systems the branded TNC tweeter made of aluminum-magnesium alloy with an inverted dome. It is installed between two MF/LF-drivers, which are made by the Polyglass technology. This technology involves the coating of paper diffuser with microgranules of silicon....
Focal-JMLab Chorus CC 800 V Center Speaker

This French system is distinguished not only by its lacquered top, but also by its solid construction (11 kg of weight). By design, it is a two-way loudspeaker with a rear bass-reflex port that expands the range of reproducible bass. Branded tweeter is unmistakably recognizable by the TNV concave dome...
Infinity Primus CC Center Speaker

Central channel speaker from the budget Infinity series unlike the other components of the series has the design of closed type. Primus CC looks very sophisticated: rigid body, new drivers with fiber glass diffusers. The tweeter's membrane made of the following composite: textile base with carbonic additives....
Jamo E6 CEN Center Speaker

Flat shallow body of Jamo E6 CEN speaker system is divided into isolated compartments. Far speakers are woofers; those which are closer to the center - midranges. The kit includes two brackets for wall mounting. A metal strip on the perimeter of the body is stylistically very good solution. A bit cool...
Jamo E8CEN.2 Center Speaker

E8 series of the Danish company Jamo has only one central channel speaker system, which is perfectly adjusted with other speaker systems of the series and can be used with any combinations of these systems. At the projecting E8CEN.2 D'Appolito scheme was used, when the tweeter is in the center and on...
Jamo X8 CEN Center Speaker

The speaker system from the "youth" JAMO line - "extreme"- looks very "textured". Three yellow metallic penholders effectively perform their function. There are wall brackets, the same as in E6 CEN. X8 CEN as the system of the central channel in home theatre works almost excellent - largely due to...
JBL LC2 Center Speaker

JBL LC2 is a successful combination of two at once several branded technologies and features. We can't but note four-band design - in addition to usual titanium tweeter, in HF range there is also a mylar driver, being installed in a small horn and responsible for ultrahigh frequencies (above 20 kHz)....
KEF Coda 8 Center Speaker

The speaker systems of Coda series, produced by the famous British KEF, differ not only by unusual location of drivers, but also by high sensitivity. More sensitive system, as a rule, illuminates an image deeper in dynamical sense, keeping for listener silent details in the array of loud sound. Although...
KEF iQ6c Center Speaker

Elliptical body of the system for central channel of iQ series from KEF is beautifully flexed. This distinctive element of the design minimizes internal reflections, which result to distortion of sound. The main feature is coaxial construction of MF-speaker with the diameter of 130-mm combined with aluminum...
KEF Q95C Center Speaker

Very compact, lightweight and elegant Q95C, belonging to Q-series of the British KEF, looks like technologically perfect product. The proprietary coaxial Uni-Q driver allowed to create a compact, with high spatial uniformity of the field system, not sacrificing low-frequency capabilities. A complex form...
KEF Q9c Center Speaker

The center from Q-series looks very unusual and attractive, hypnotizing by its coaxial "spotlight". The center is installed on three supports. The height of the back one is adjustable - you can change angle of slope of the acoustic axis, directing it to the listener. Judging by the results of measurements,...
Klipsch RC-25 Center Speaker

Klipsch RC25 looks quite classic, oval holes of bass-reflexes and ceramic metal MF/LF speakers, looking like "copper ones", give it some chic. In the center there is Tractix Horn, which a 25-mm titanium tweeter works in. Among other things the branded Tapered-Array technology is used in the speaker system....
Klipsch RVX-42 Center Speaker

Klipsch RVX-42 is positioned as speaker system, which by design perfectly matches modern flat-panel TVs. RVX-42 can work as central channel or satellites. The body is completely made of extruded aluminum and decorated with plastic covers. On the front panel there is a 25-mm tweeter with titanium dome...
Mirage OMNI CC Center Speaker

Omni CC is a three-way center channel of OMNI series and assembled on four drivers. On a wide, inclined base there is a pair of woofers and strictly in the center, under the remote tweeter (like in all OMNI), there is a small midrange driver. Figured protective-decorative grill completely masks MF/HF...
Monitor Audio Gold GXC150 Center Speaker

In contrast to most of central speaker systems on the market Monitor Audio Gold GXC150 has the closed design. This not only guarantees better impulse characteristics, but also allows you to install the speaker system close to wall. The main feature is a ribbon tweeter - the drivers of this type differ...
Phase Technology PC-33.5 Center Speaker

This American product differs by not only rounded forms of the body (this is dictated by the fight against standing waves), but unusual emitters of own design. So, in low-frequency heads you can find absolutely flat membranes with three-layered structure, including Kevlar threads, fiber glass and the...
Polk Audio CSi3 Center Speaker

Polk Audio CSi3 has a very distinctive body with a beveled top panel. In the case you have to install the speaker system at low height (for example, under projection screen), in order to direct acoustic waves up, to the listeners' ears not to floor, you can just flip CSi3 and thus achieve the desired...
Polk Audio CSi5 Center Speaker

General constructive features of "big brother" CSi3 are also repeated in the model with index 5. But the speaker system "split" in all respects, including the increased amount of the used technologies. An adjustable leg, which allows you to install the speaker system on uneven surfaces, has appeared...
Quadral Platinum M1 Center Speaker

With a help of Quadral Platinum M1 you can solve several tasks at once, because it was designed for home theatre as well as for playing of multi-channel musical recordings. The loudspeaker is made in the closed-type acoustic design. Low-frequency drivers with the diameter of 135 mm, their diffusers are...
Spendor C3 Center Speaker

Spendor C3 loudspeaker belongs to the S series, following the classic one. The layout is traditional - in the center of the front panel there is a 19-mm tweeter with a soft dome. On both sides of it there are two 130 mm midrange/bass drivers. The woofer diffusers are made of ep38 polymer, partially coated...
Spendor CR3 Center Speaker

Spendor CR3 is a two-way shelf monitor, put to the side. It has a closed acoustic design and built on a pair of the branded units. A 140-mm woofer, the diffuser of which is cast from the patented ep39 polymer, carries the main load. The tweeter with 22-mm dome has a liquid cooling of sound coil. This...
System Audio Mantra 10AV Center Speaker

Mantra 10AV refers to LCR category that means the possibility to use it as central channel and also for sounding rear and even front channels. To achieve the desired result the engineers of System Audio have chosen the body with bass-reflex, the port of which is on the back wall. Mid-woofers are modest...
Tannoy Sensys DCC Center Speaker

The speaker systems of Sensys series can be easily identified by super tweeter on the top panel. The center of Sensys DCC is not an exception and has 25-mm titanium super tweeter (on proprietary terminology it is called WideBand), which allows to rise frequency "ceiling" to 51 kHz. This feature will...
Triangle Voce Ex Center Speaker

The name Voce Ex hides the true mission of the system. The elegant two-band center is moderately massive, so it can be used even in large rooms. Acoustic loading is the bass-reflex, but there are two ports here and they are located in front. This solution not only allows you to push the system close...
Wharfedale Diamond 8 Centre Center Speaker

8 Centre is the speaker system of central channel of the modified "Diamond" series. LF/MF-diffusers are woven from Kevlar fibers in accordance with the branded technology; the tweeter is built on neodymium magnet. Separate connection of bands is provided. Wharfedale Diamond 8 Centre is a worthy representative...
Wharfedale Diamond 9.CM Center Speaker

Well-known appearance of Wharfedale Diamond is repeated in 9.CM model. The loudspeaker is designed in a three-way scheme. These are fabric tweeter and midbass (with a diameter of 25 and 50 mm, respectively), two 165-mm branded Kevlar drivers work at low frequencies. The developers decided to do without...
Wharfedale Jade C1 Center Speaker

C1 central channel is the youngest in Jade series, which also has more decent by sizes C2. Streamlined body of the system is an aperiodic loading for woofers with the diffusers made of Acufibre fiber, developed by the specialists of Wharfedale. In the central part there is an assembly, consisting of...