Prime Tower - Black Ash - Outlet - 1042
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Prime Tower - Black Ash - Outlet - 1042
The Prime Tower speakers set the bar for sound quality and high-end appeal among tower speakers anywhere near the price. The reference-grade SVS floorstanding speaker is is amazingly transparent, with a broad, stable soundstage and sharp imaging of voices and instruments, all punctuated by deep yet accurate low frequency extension.
Challenge the SVS Prime Tower Speakers with any dynamically charged music or movie soundtrack and it reveals new layers of sound and detail you never knew existed. With engineering and design cues taken from the acclaimed SVS Ultra Series speakers, the Prime Tower is a sonic achievement that stands up to the best speakers in the world.
Quick Specs
- Tweeter | 1"
- Midrange | 4.5"
- Woofer | Dual 6.5"
- Freq. Response | 30 Hz-25 kHz (±3 dB)
- Port size & # | Dual 1.7"
- Dimension | 36.6" (H) 8" (W) 11.6" (D)
- Weight | 40.1 lb
Every aspect of the Prime Tower speakers was designed for sonic excellence. From the premium grade drivers and sophisticated SoundMatch crossover to the extra-thick baffle, internal bracing, and FEA optimized tweeter diffuser, the Prime Tower speaker’s design and engineering credentials place it among the best $1,000 tower speakers available.
Prime Driver & Tweeter Design
Thoughtfully designed for acoustic excellence, the 4.5-inch midrange driver is mounted in its own dedicated and completely sealed compartment to ensure a smooth, precise and clear midrange 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.
Dual 6.5-inch woofers deliver effortlessly deep and articulate bass to set the mood and punctuate the low-end impact of instruments, basslines and movie sound effects. Each woofer has a separate internal compartment in the cabinet with its own custom port tuning frequency. The result is deep, powerful and accurate bass you hear and more importantly, feel.
The Prime Tower 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 crisp and smooth.
Innovative SoundMatch Crossover Design
Since premium drivers require an equally capable crossover, no expense was spared with the innovative SVS SoundMatch 3.5-way crossover. Its tapered array is designed so each woofer has its own discrete crossover 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 from sparkling highs down to palpable lows, while maintaining pristine signal purity.
Performance Driven Cabinet Design and Geometry
Tapered edges on the Prime Tower speaker’s front baffle, known as chamfers, minimize edge diffraction for clear and precise soundstaging. The cabinet’s presence is substantial but it does not take over a room visually and offers a modern industrial feel with acoustic enhancements like shorting rings and a tweeter diffuser. All of these advancements are packed into a sleek but commanding floor standing speaker cabinet available in stunning piano gloss black or premium black ash finish.
Frequency Response / Acoustic Data:
- Rated bandwidth: 30 Hz-25 kHz (±3 dB)
- Nominal impedance: 8 ohms.
- Sensitivity: 87 dB (2.83V @ 1 meter full-space, 300-3kHz)
- Recommended amplifier power: 20-250 watts.
Speaker Specs:
- Floor Standing Tower Loudspeaker
- Black ash and piano gloss black finish options
- 5-way binding posts
- Dual 1.7” wide-flared rear-firing ports
- Cloth grille with pin/cup retention system
- Elastomer stick-on bumper feet (adds 3mm to height)
- Spiked metal screw-in feet included - adjustable for level
- Cabinet Dimensions: 36" (H) X 8" (W) X 11.1" (D)
- Overall Dimensions: 36.6" (H) X 8" (W) X 11.6" (D) (includes grille and feet)
- Shipped Dimensions: 41.3" (H) X 14.1" (W) X 17.3" (D)
- Weight: 40.1 pounds
- Shipped Weight: 46.3 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
Dual 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:
- 3.5-way crossover with premium-grade capacitors, air-core inductors and heavy-trace printed circuit boards.
- Tapered woofer array optimizes the transition to the midrange driver and reduces vertical axis lobing
- Midrange-to-tweeter crossover: 2.1 kHz (12 dB/octave slopes)
- Top woofer (Combined Woofer) to midrange crossover frequency: 350 Hz (12 dB/octave slopes).
- Bottom woofer low pass frequency: 165 Hz (customized filter Q and slope)
Cabinet:
- Separate sealed midrange enclosure shifts standing waves beyond the driver pass band, improving sound quality
- Separate woofer enclosures with optimized port tuning frequencies for smooth and accurate bass response
- Acoustically transparent and FEA optimized grilles minimize diffraction
- Chamfered front baffle and flush-mounted drivers reduce edge diffraction and improved on-axis high frequency response
- FEA-optimized cabinet and bracing eliminates resonances
"Frequency response extends from 30 Hz to 25 kHz. Low distortion and superb off-axis frequency response ensure clean delivery, a wonderful soundstage and lifelike imaging. Through the Prime Towers, I bear witness to a new paradigm of speaker design in which the old rules and limits of cost/performance/flexibility are shattered, and the bar is raised for others to follow and compete with." Read the full review
AV Nirvana Reviews the Prime Tower Loudspeaker
"These speakers can CRANK and still unravel the music's details. Soundstage was good and wide, with plenty of depth, and the bass was excellent with good extension. Image clarity was tight with clear space between the voices, all nicely sorted out and organized. I was both baffled and impressed by its ability to image flawlessly and cast a grand soundstage. Kudos to SVS!" Read the full review
AV Nirvana Reviews the Prime Tower Loudspeaker
"A presentation that’s finely revealing, harmonically rich and rhythmically tight. The longer I listen to the Prime Tower, the more I appreciate its ability to walk the line between resolving detail and embracing the bigger picture. It’s a sound blueprint for long-term satisfaction." Read the whole review
Hi-Fi Choice Reviews the Prime Tower Loudspeaker
"When you listen to $100k systems all day, it’s difficult to be really excited about $1k speakers. But let me tell you, these speakers, when listening in nearfield, are some of the best I’ve heard in the budget speaker category." Read More
TheAbsoluteSound.com - Primer: Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2014
"I highly recommend the SVS Prime speakers for anyone looking to break into the first true threshold of fidelity-driven sound reproduction without breaking the bank. It’s reassuring to know you have well-engineered loudspeakers that are built with quality components, from a company with unparalleled customer support and service." Read the full review
Audioholics - Tarunvir Bains Reviews the Prime Tower and Prime Center Speakers
"The flagship of the Prime line (shown here next to the larger Ultra Tower) is the Prime Tower, which costs $999/pair in matte black or $1199/pair in gloss black. It's a 3.5-way design; the bottom woofer is there only to help out with the low bass. In the demo it sounded incredibly smooth and neutral, especially for a $999/pair tower. Bookshelf models are also available." Read More
SoundstageGlobal.com - RMAF 2014: Stereo Speakers
"Enveloping and immersive, bass response was exceptional, all without the use of a subwoofer. The Prime Towers shined with great clarity and resonance. A great value for any home theater enthusiast!" Read the full review
HomeTheaterForum.com Reviews the Prime Tower Speaker
"Enveloping and immersive, bass response was exceptional, all without the use of a subwoofer. The Prime Towers shined with great clarity and resonance. A great value for any home theater enthusiast!" Read the full review
Home Theater Forum Reviews the Prime Tower Speakers
"The Prime Tower brings a big package to the $1k game…If you want to hear every note, foot tap and breath, this is a speaker for you." Read the full review
Audiohead Reviews the Prime Tower
"Not only do they present outstanding center imaging and an unwillingness to compromise either punch or clarity, they also subtly seduce listeners to keep turning up the volume. With each notch on the dial even sweeter than the last, the only limits I found were with my ears and marital tolerance; mostly the latter." Read the full review
The Missing Remote Reviews Prime Tower and Prime Tower 5.0 System
"It’s amazing what $999.98 can buy. The SVS Prime Tower might make you wonder why you'd ever need to spend more!" Read the full review
Sound Stage - Vince Hanada Reviews the Prime Tower
“So impressed… These are $1000 speakers? They sound seriously good…both powerful and detailed…Imaging is also terrific.” Read the full review
Reference Home Theater - Chris Heinonen Reviews the Prime Tower
"…sounded much bigger than their size, and projected quite an engaging soundstage…should be considered by anyone with $1000 to spend on a pair of speakers." Read the full review
Home Theater Shack Reviews the Prime Tower
"They’re one of the few speakers that do everything well…rare combination of good sound quality and affordability. Great treble response, smooth mid-range and deep accurate bass makes them a great choice for both movies and music." Read the full review
AVTechReviews - Chris Murray Reviews the Prime Tower
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CNET names the Prime Towers at the top of their best speakers under $1000 list!
"… have a surprisingly big sound… flawless in its performance…get a audiophile grade home theater system at a fraction of the cost." Read the full review
AVTechReviews - Chris Murray Reviews the Prime Series Speakers
See why they ranked it as one of the top budget audiophile speakers available… Read More
CNET reviews the Prime Tower Speaker
"The Prime Center is a three-way design. I was happy to hear that SVS went with this design choice as it addresses the off-axis issues that are common to the two-way design short-cuts manufacturers sometimes take to keep prices down. At this price point, its refreshing to see that SVS chose to go with a three-way design." Read More
The Poor Audiophile - SVS Launches Prime Series Speaker Family: An Array of Speakers From Tower to Satellite
"With effortless performance, elegant design, and striking value, SVS’ Prime Series hits the ultimate sweet spot in the audiophile segment." Read the full review
Prime Series Speakers Receive Digital Trends Editors Choice Award
“Enveloping and immersive, bass response was exceptional. Shined with great clarity and resonance, one of the best speaker values out there!”
HomeTheaterShack
“Far and away the best performing, and looking speaker at this price point, and likely even twice the amount.”
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