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Center Speaker Recommendation between 2 heavy weights Elac VS SVS

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the7mcs

Discussion Starter · Aug 16, 2019

Okay so I know by far damn near MOST everyone would say that the Center channel speaker is by the far the most important speaker because it's where most things happen over the course of a movie (unless one is watching one of those silent movies from back in the 20s or something)

So I want to go all out as far as spending $$ on it.

These two are popular enough that maybe perhaps I can come across someone that has had some experience with each or preferably both. There's also a major price difference between the 2 so naturally one would wanna gravitate towards the Elac especially if the sound quality difference isn't THAT much.

The 2 speakers are

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WR1OOQQ/?coliid=I397HPXDVUMG7A&colid=1OV7LS37YSXFV&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CRYWWG6/?coliid=I29I05ZH8XHI0J&colid=1OV7LS37YSXFV&psc=1

I just created a thread not too long ago asking for help on different Klipsch speakers and the recommendations I got led me to choose one that I'm very super happy and impressed with so maybe hopefully the same can happen again with this if you believe lightning can strike the same place twice ;-)

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rhelliott2

· #2 · Aug 16, 2019

If you're considering the SVS Ultra... might as well check out this.

https://www.powersoundaudio.com/products/mtm-210c

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head_unit

· #3 · Aug 16, 2019

the7mcs said:
There's also a major price difference between the 2 so naturally one would wanna gravitate towards the Elac especially if the sound quality difference isn't THAT much.

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I've heard ELAC stuff and it sounds quite good. It has a reputation of being power hungry, which is not something I've heard about the SVS. More money does very roughly correlate to better sound, so especially as the SVS has larger woofers I'd try that, since if you buy them direct I *think* they are easily returnable maybe with a restocking fee. (So you might NOT want to get them from Amazon).

Definitely from an engineering point of view, 3-way designs like the SVS or coaxial mid/tweet like ELAC and KEF are better, avoiding "Venetian blind" dispersion problems.

What are your main speakers and other equipment? What is the room like? (pictures!?)

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theNEW

· #4 · Aug 16, 2019

I had the UniFi center and it was very very good for the money. Never have heard the SVS though.

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cocrh

· #5 · Aug 16, 2019

Another couple of very capable 3 way centers to check out.

The Polk LSiM 706C
https://www.adorama.com/pklsim706cb...t&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_source=rflaid62905

And the Emotiva C1
https://emotiva.com/collections/loudspeakers/products/airmotiv-c1

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Soulburner

· #6 · Aug 16, 2019

the7mcs said:
I just created a thread not too long ago asking for help on different Klipsch speakers and the recommendations I got led me to choose one that I'm very super happy and impressed with so maybe hopefully the same can happen again with this if you believe lightning can strike the same place twice ;-)

What speakers did you get?