SCS-01(M) Speaker Packages

New designs new stock, new surrounds, shiping resumes late Feb 2010!

Introduced as part of  our  first award - winning surround sound package, the "MTM" (mid-tweeter-mid) speaker known as the "SCS-01", was a marvel in its own right. Now with more critical mid-range dynamic power handling thanks to new dual SoftCap 6" compact frame poly-cone woofers, 1" BlackSilk tweeter plus expertly designed new crossovers.

These speakers have been a tough item for us to keep in stock and with the improvements put to all S-Series speakers shipping on the SCS-01's you can rightly expect the raves to continue.

Hand inspected and rigorously tested at our Ohio factory and put in matching mirror-imaged pairs, these dual woofer wonders will accurately belt out music or movie sound with clarity and power that will stun you.  A pair of SCS-01M's vertically mounted are just the ticket to meet the needs of value-conscious audio fans who crave a pair of high-performance mains on a tight budget. Imagining now rivals some of the top speakers at any price.

• Mirror-imaged, Right/Left configuration
• Removable grill w/chrome pin retainers
• SVS BlackSilk™ ferro-fluid cooled tweeter
• Twin SoftCap 6” black-poly woofers
• CNC-cut panels for superior fit/finish
• SVS-designed audiophile-grade crossovers
• Linear, wide-bandwidth frequency response
• High power, natural non-fatiguing sound
• Efficient, easy to drive with any receiver
• Charcoal-black polymer finish, slim design

Whether on stands, dedicated shelves or wall-units, or flanking your big plasma or LCD display, the SCS-01(M)  will fit in stylishly and simply with any decor.

"...a sensational performer ... genuinely world class..."

Howard Ferstler, The Sensible Sound

Looking at our frequency response charts gives you just a glimpse at our obsession with making sure your speaker produces what its fed, nothing more, nothing less.

Like their smaller bookshelf brothers ,  the SCS-01(M) offers multiple installation options, great looks  with the  grill on or off,  and  flexible package configurations. 

There's even a dedicated tilt base for the SCS-01 center channel speaker, allowing good alignment with your ears, no matter where it’s put. Choose the standard package with the compact and stellar SBS-01 bookshelf surrounds, or prepare to really turn up the wick with SCS-01's in all corners. Or go with the compact and spacious sound of the new SSS-01 bi-pole surround.

Upgrade any package with SBS-01 bookshelf monitor surrounds for only $149 more and get our new SSS-01 for the rears!

Of course you can pick either 5.0 or 7.0 systems too, adding a second stereo pair of either the SBS-01 or SCS-01(M) surrounds. 

System upgrades include optional floor stands and wall-backets for easy installation or the new SSS-01 bi-pole surround speakers

For full-range performance that'll tackle any music or movie use, add an ala carte SVS subwoofer here, or if you want a pre-configured package go with either the perfectly paired PB12-Plus or our most popular mid-priced Powered Cylinder, the PC12-Plus!

Prepare to answer incredulous questions from fellow audio fans who'll rightly be stunned at how affordable your world-class sound system is, and then just soak up the dynamic, smooth clarity and power from what’s surely one of the best affordable class speaker systems on the planet.

Only from SVS, backed by 7 day a week customer support, you'll enjoy years of trouble-free, high-fidelity sound from the company that wrote the book on affordable high performance audio.

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Removable Grill

OK, this "feature" seems pretty common at first blush.  It's true few quality speakers have grills that are not  removable these days.  So what’s the draw here with SVS speakers?  Well first, notice we took great pains to make sure the finest components are used at each step.  Instead of chintzy plastic “ball and socket” fittings, we use chrome steel pins embedded in our grills, and matching soft rubber fittings to receive them.  No way you are going to snap off one of those when you remove the grill from your SBS-01 satellite/surround or SCS-01 main or center channel speakers.

And there’s more.  While it’d be easy to slap on a generic plastic or square cut fiberboard grill wrapped with cheap fabric, we didn’t.  Virtually invisible unless you look close, we even rounded the corners of the grills, and the SBS-01 gets one improved for smooth frequency response using an asymmetrical "lens" design. Little things perhaps, but they are examples of the lengths we’ll go, even on what’s our “entry level” speaker package.  That fabric was specially chosen to remain color stable in all light and stay good looking even kicked around by pets, kids or party guests.  What is rare at this price point is to get a speaker so well designed and decidedly not some turnkey package pulled off the shelf from some low cost provider.  Unbox any of the SCS-01(M) or SBS-01 speakers and you know, these are different than your typical "entry level" speakers out there. 

Custom SVS 1" BlackSilk™ tweeter and 6" "NBS" woofer

SVS didn’t invent the first woofer, we didn’t invent the first tweeter.  However, we are as capable as any OEM in the world to evaluate any “off the shelf” part in the world.  Yet, no component we use in the SCS-01(M) main or center channel speaker, or the SBS-01 bookshelf surround is “off the shelf”.  Woofers, trim rings, frequency response, impedance, power-handling even bezels and screws were all painstakingly optimized, and customized where appropriate.  Our  R/D team worked for months to optimize every part to complement the whole design, to enhance performance, and do so while keeping a lid on costs.  Ultimately, costly parts were used but our buying power meant even then, your speakers’ price wasn’t nudged upwards.  Even with each speaker fully video shielded we resisted the suggestions to raise price.  We’re stubborn that way.  Details like the exact position of the woofers and the tweeters on the narrow front baffle and tight sealed cabinet were endlessly tweaked to ensure great imaging and wide sound stage.  These are speakers that with just basic setup skill will visually and audibly disappear in your room. You won’t hear speakers, you’ll just hear the musical artist, or the sound effects, or the actor.

Smooth and seamless braced cabinet

Rap these cabinets with your fist. Just be sure your knuckles are in good shape.  Here we spent countless hours to design and deliver a simple elegant design that didn’t sacrifice utility to aesthetics.  No origami-like corners, no unsightly seams, no faux wood vinyl.  Instead our simple texture finish was vacuum formed over stout hand-machined MDF cabinets (with internal CNC’d Superbrace™) so that no seams of any sort would be visible.  Of course they match perfectly with powerful subwoofers like the SVS PB12-Plus and its space-saving Powered Cylinder brother the 20-39PC+ both of which consistently run toe to toe with brands costing much much more.  Keep things simple, elegant and compact, don’t ladle on un-needed detailing or fussy styling.  That’s the SVS way.

Multiple installation modes

While any speaker can be good looking or compact (not that all are of course), few give you so many ways to set up in a room.  The SBS-01 satellite/surround speaker comes complete with small adhesive foam rubber foot pads for basic placement on a bookshelf; or you can place them on optional stands (which also come with additional rubber pads).  There’s more than one way to put them up on wall even. Use the beefy wall brackets we offer to mate with machined threaded inserts (already embedded into the cabinet), or try the “key-hole” fitting for simple and firm hanging with a simple screw driven into your room’s wall studs.  Many brands offer one or the other, few offer both, fewer still at this price. 

The SCS-01(M) and as center channel takes things even further.  With dual sets of threaded inserts and dual key-hole hardware, we went even more over the top with a no-cost optional TILT-Base™ which allows you to set your speaker on a TV, or on a stand under your TV, you have up or down adjustment of 10 degrees to keep your ears in the middle of the action from the critical center position. For vertical use the SCS-01(M) can use single or dual wall brackets depending on desired tilt and location desires. Talk to the experts at SVS for more advice.  

Audiophile-grade crossover

There are crossovers ... and there are crossovers.  Well, believe it or not, some cheap speakers out there have NO crossover.  In our view, if the woofers and tweeters of a fine audio speaker are its heart… the crossover is the brain.  It determines how well all components “mesh” with each other.  The crossover, if it’s done right, will maintain flat frequency response, and can handle the power so readily available on today’s receiver/amp market.  And it will do all this without adding coloration or artifacts along the way.  Part art, part science.  Always, if done right, a tough part to perfect.  Few if any speakers in this price range have audiophile grade crossovers with so much sweat expended on them as the SBS-01 and SCS-01 (each with their own designs).  Custom capacitors, massive air-core inductors, top-grade printed circuit boards (even the substrate for the board itself was upgraded over the standard fare), carefully constructed to be resonance-free when new, and stay that way.  All mounted safe and secure to the cabinet, our two way crossover is another example of where “good enough” … wasn’t.   

Frequency response charts

Like our legendary subwoofers, our speakers are "linear" in their frequency response, with similarly spectacular results. A glance at the below chart shows this clearly.  Taken grill off, on-axis (where you sit in the normal sound "fan" of a speaker) the sort of "flat" response you see below is evidence we took great pains to make sure you hear what the sound engineer intended.  Nothing more, nothing less.  With hundreds of hours of critical listening under our belts, we feel they are neither "bright" (with an exaggerated high frequency emphasis as some speakers can have), nor are they "laid back" or "warm" (which tends to be the exact opposite, with less high frequency extension).

Instead we believe the SCS-01(M) (above) and optional SBS-01 satellite/surrounds (below) are "just right".  They'll render your sound with just the sort of balance and accuracy as is needed to lend a natural and non-fatiguing sound to your favorite music and movies...  even if you are pressing them to their limits of playback power

Revised model FR and full spec chart pending.