Prime Bookshelf

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Prime Bookshelf

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Sets a new benchmark for performance in its class with breathtaking clarity, detail, and dynamics. Easy to place on furniture or stands.

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Standing out among the crowd of bookshelf speakers is no easy task, yet the Prime Bookshelf defies convention to outperform reference monitors costing twice as much or more. Every aspect of the Prime Bookshelf speaker was designed for sonic excellence. From the premium grade driver and sophisticated SoundMatch crossover to the extra-thick baffle, internal bracing, and FEA optimized tweeter diffuser, the Prime Bookshelf speaker’s design and engineering credentials put it in the realm of much costlier, and much larger speakers.

Prime Driver & Tweeter Design

Thoughtfully designed for acoustic excellence, the Prime Bookshelf speaker’s 6.5-inch woofer is mounted in its own dedicated and completely sealed compartment to ensure smooth, precise and clear midrange and bass output that’s free from coloration. The cone material is extremely light and rigid and maintains a flat frequency response with excellent handling across the foundational mid-range frequencies. Low frequency extension is shockingly deep and effortless considering the cabinet size and the Prime Bookshelf speaker can hit reference volume with amazing clarity, no distortion and headroom to spare.

The Prime Bookshelf speaker’s 1-inch aluminum dome tweeter is light, efficient, and rigid, and plays crystal clear at high volumes. The clarity offers a sense of utter transparency, while offering an ‘airy’ presentation and incredibly unveiled highs so female vocals and dialogue and high pitched sound effects and musical content always sound crisp, smooth and natural.

Innovative SoundMatch Crossover Design

Ultra Tower Crossover

SVS Ultra Tower Crossover

Since premium drivers require an equally capable crossover, no expense was spared with the innovative SVS SoundMatch 2-way crossover. Its tapered array is designed to minimize the potential for beaming. This creates an expansive, yet focused and precise soundstage, with accurate frequency response at all listening positions in the room. The precise tuning of the SoundMatch Crossover also ensures pinpoint accuracy of highs, mids, and lows, while maintaining pristine signal purity.

Performance Driven Cabinet Design and Geometry

Tapered edges on the Prime Bookshelf speaker’s front baffle, known as chamfers, minimize edge diffraction for clear and precise soundstaging. The cabinet’s presence offers a modern industrial feel with acoustic enhancements like shorting rings and a tweeter diffuser which add performance-driven style. All advancements are packed into a compact but attractive cabinet, that’s easily mountable anywhere, and available in stunning piano gloss black or premium black ash finish.

Frequency Response / Acoustic Data:

  • Rated bandwidth: 48 Hz-25 kHz (±3 dB)
  • Nominal impedance: 8 ohms.
  • Sensitivity: 87 dB (2.83V @ 1 meter full-space, 300-3kHz)
  • Recommended amplifier power: 20-150 watts.

Speaker Specs:

  • Bookshelf Loudspeaker
  • Black ash and piano gloss black finish options
  • Single set of 5-way binding posts
  • 1.7” wide-flared rear-firing port
  • Cloth grille with pin/cup retention system
  • Elastomer stick-on bumper feet (adds 3mm to height)
  • Cabinet Dimensions: 13.2" (H) X 8" (W) X 9.4" (D)
  • Overall Dimensions: 13.3" (H) X 8" (W) X 10.3" (D) (includes grille and bumper feet)
  • Shipped Dimensions-2 Pack: 17.6" (H) X 22.4" (W) X 14.4” (D)
  • Weight: 15.5 pounds
  • Shipped Weight-2 Pack: 34.7 pounds

Driver Specs:

1” Aluminum Dome Tweeter:

  • FEA-optimized diffuser for airy and unveiled presentation
  • Aluminum dome for exceptional transient response

6.5” 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:

  • 2-way crossover with premium-grade capacitors, air-core inductors and heavy-trace printed circuit boards
  • Crossover network delivers outstanding phase coherency and time domain behavior
  • Tweeter-to-woofer crossover: 2.3 kHz (12 dB/octave slopes)

Cabinet:

  • Acoustically transparent and FEA optimized grilles minimize diffraction
  • FEA-optimized cabinet and bracing eliminates resonances
  • Chamfered front baffle and flush-mounted drivers reduce edge diffraction and improved on-axis high frequency response
4.9
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
Based on 167 reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 148 Total 4 star reviews: 14 Total 3 star reviews: 4 Total 2 star reviews: 1 Total 1 star reviews: 0
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Reviews Summary
Customers say these bookshelf speakers deliver remarkably clear, detailed sound with impressive clarity across all frequencies. Many reviews mention the excellent build quality and robust construction. Common feedback includes praise for the speakers' ability to fill rooms of various sizes, while some note they perform best after a break-in period. Reviews highlight their versatility in both music and home theater setups. While most are delighted with the crisp audio performance, a few mention the treble can be bright initially until properly adjusted.
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167 reviews
  • KB
    Keith B.
    Verified Buyer
    Content use Movies, Streaming/Cable TV, Music
    Product use Home theater surround sound
    6 days ago
    Content use Movies, Streaming/Cable TV, Music
    Product use Home theater surround sound
    Reviewing
    Prime Bookshelf
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Small but mighty!

    Not only do these Prime bookshelf speakers sound great but they are beautiful!

  • GS
    Gabi S.
    Content use Music
    Product use 2-channel stereo
    3 weeks ago
    Content use Music
    Product use 2-channel stereo
    Reviewing
    Prime Bookshelf
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    suchte kleine leistungsstarke Lautspecher

    wohne in einer kleinen Wohnug

    Habe mir Eversolo DMP A10 mit passenden Verstärker EverSolo AMP-F10 geleistet

    Dazu lange passenden Lautsprecher gesucht.

    Mit den SVS Ultra Evolution Bücherregal

    Schwarze E überglücklich geworden wunderbaren Klang auch bei niedriger Lautstärke .

  • M
    Mike
    Verified Reviewer
    Content use Movies
    Product use Home theater surround sound
    1 month ago
    Content use Movies
    Product use Home theater surround sound
    Reviewing
    Prime Bookshelf
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    SVS. PRIME BOOK SHELF sounding great #1

    Movie Theater experience

    Make you feel at HOME

  • AH
    Adam H.
    Verified Buyer
    Content use Movies, Streaming/Cable TV, Music, Gaming
    Product use Home theater surround sound, Gaming
    2 months ago
    Content use Movies, Streaming/Cable TV, Music, Gaming
    Product use Home theater surround sound, Gaming
    Reviewing
    Prime Bookshelf
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Fantastic

    Clear and articulate. These have improved my system greatly.

  • JB
    John B.
    Verified Buyer
    2 months ago
    Reviewing
    Prime Bookshelf - Black Ash - Outlet
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Great speaker as part of my SVS 7.2.4 system!

    Moved my older Ultra bookshelf to the bedroom for a streamer. Now all my 4 surrounds are Prime Bookshelf, thus all look better since the rest of my SVS system is Prime. Recommended.