Prime Satellite

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Prime Satellite

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Big sound from a compact cabinet, the Prime Satellite speaker punches well above its class with impressive dynamics and pinpoint accuracy. Serves perfectly in a 5.1 home theater as surrounds or front left/right speakers with a subwoofer. Easily mounts to a wall or bracket.

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From the moment you feel the heft of the Prime Satellite speakers, you understand they’re not the typical compact satellite speaker designed primarily for lifestyle or visual appeal. The Prime Satellite is a bona fide small bookshelf speaker that deftly plays any role in a home theater or audio system, and shatters expectations while doing it.

No satellite speakers have ever offered the level of rigorous design, high-end components and precise build quality in a such a super compact cabinet. The Prime Satellite conveys stunning dynamic impact and convincing detail and refinement well beyond what’s expected from such a small speaker. It easily mounts on any wall or ceiling, or sits on any surface, and is painstakingly voiced to blend with all speakers from the SVS Prime and Ultra Series lines. It’s also neutral sounding enough to integrate seamlessly with speakers from other brands in multi-channel home theater surround sound systems. These factors give the Prime Satellite incredible flexibility to serve in many different roles depending on the layout of your room and the specific needs of your system.

Specifications

  • Tweeter 1"
  • Midrange 4.5"
  • Woofer N/A
  • Freq. Response 69 Hz-25 kHz (±3 dB)
  • Dimension 8.85” (H) 4.9” (W) 6.3” (D)
Prime Satellite Speaker Owner's Manual

Engineering a small speaker to sound massive while maintaining detail and refinement means compromises aren’t an option. Every aspect of the Prime Satellite speakers 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 Satellite speaker’s design and engineering credentials put it in the realm of much costlier, and much larger speakers.

Prime Driver & Tweeter Design

Prime Drive & Tweeter Design

Thoughtfully designed for acoustic excellence, the 4.5-inch mid-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.

The Prime Satellite 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 always sound natural, crisp and smooth.

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

Performance Driven Cabinet Design and Geometry

Tapered edges on the Prime Satellite 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 of these advancements are packed into a compact but attractive small bookshelf speaker cabinet, that’s easily mountable anywhere. Available in stunning piano gloss black, piano gloss white or premium black ash finish.

Frequency Response / Acoustic Data:

  • Rated bandwidth: 69 Hz-25 kHz (±3 dB)
  • Nominal impedance: 8 ohms.
  • Sensitivity: 85 dB (2.83V @ 1 meter full-space, 300-3kHz)
  • Recommended amplifier power: 20-150 watts.

Speaker Specs:

  • Satellite Loudspeaker
  • Premium Black Ash, Piano Gloss Black, and Piano Gloss White finish options
  • Single set of 5-way binding posts
  • 1” wide-flared rear-firing port
  • Cloth grille with pin/cup retention system
  • Elastomer stick-on bumper feet (adds 3mm to height)
  • Keyway bracket for easy and convenient wall mounting (includes extra bumper pads for wall stand-off)
  • Cabinet Dimensions: 8.75" (H) X 4.9" (W) X 6" (D)
  • Overall Dimensions: 8.85" (H) X 4.9" (W) X 6.3" (D) (includes grille and bumper feet)
  • Shipped Dimensions-2 Pack: 11.7" (H) X 13.9" (W) X 8.9" (D)
  • Shipped Dimensions 3 Pack: 11.7" (H) X 20.3" (W) X 8.9" (D)
  • Weight Unboxed: 6.5 pounds
  • Shipped Weight 2 Pack: 14.7 pounds
  • Shipped Weight 3 Pack: 21.7 pounds

Driver Specs:

1” Aluminum Dome Tweeter:

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

4.5” Midrange Driver:

  • 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
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Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
Based on 195 reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 181 Total 4 star reviews: 11 Total 3 star reviews: 1 Total 2 star reviews: 2 Total 1 star reviews: 0
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Reviews Summary
Customers say these compact satellite speakers deliver impressive sound quality for their size. Many praise their substantial weight and build quality, noting they feel surprisingly hefty. Reviews highlight their clear, detailed audio performance, particularly when used as surround speakers in home theater setups. While most find them perfect for surrounds and height channels, some suggest larger bookshelf speakers may be better for front channels. The speakers blend well with other components, though several note they work best with a crossover above 80Hz. Users consistently mention the speakers' ability to create an immersive soundstage despite their small footprint.
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  • AV
    Alex V.
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    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    Very Good

    They are surprisingly heavy. Good build quality. Sound is detailed and crisp.

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    John A. j.
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    Prime Satellite
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Awesome

    Great sounding speakers! Amazing!!

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  • RV
    Ron V.
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    Prime Satellite
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Sonic Nirvana

    I was quite surprised by the build quality. They are heavier than they look and really great sounding. They fit perfectly with my Onkyo RZ-50 setup as back sat/surround. Thanks SVS. I will definitely keep you in mind when purchasing more speakers!

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    Dylan H.
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    1 year ago
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    Prime Satellite
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Da bomb dot com

    Satellite speakers are pretty nice! Definitely an upgrade from my Vizio m series. Build quality solid and sound is crispy.

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    JAMES B.
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    1 year ago
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    Prime Satellite
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Good decision

    Excellent 👌 I replaced large Infinity floor standing speakers for these tiny Satellites as fronts and a second pair as surrounds. I do have an older Yamaha small sub in the corner. So, clarity was added, space was saved, and after making a few adjustments front to rear and sub controls this setup is awesome for TV and music...super happy with the quality. They are absolutely worth the price tag, and I am usually pretty frugal.

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