Ultra Bookshelf - White Gloss - Outlet

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Ultra Bookshelf - White Gloss - Outlet

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The Ultra Bookshelf speakers represent an uncompromising approach to loudspeaker design. From the drivers and crossover to the build materials and cabinet design, every element is painstakingly engineered and tested to achieve reference sound quality.

Ultra Driver & Tweeter Design

Ultra Driver & Tweeter Design

A commanding presence in any home audio system, the 6.5-inch mid-bass drivers feature composite glass-fiber cones that yield excellent stiffness to mass ratio for enhanced sensitivity and voicing that’s transparent and completely faithful to the source material. These capable drivers render an accurate tonal balance with effortless authority and dynamics. Whether conveying the varied nuances of musical instruments and dialogue or the sonic impact of sound effects and movie scores, the Ultra drivers deliver pinpoint accuracy with precise imaging and a massive soundstage.

Elevating high frequency performance, the Ultra Bookshelf speaker’s aluminum dome tweeter is pristinely neutral and revealing. Light, efficient, rigid and impervious to distortion, even at high sound pressure levels, the tweeter’s airy’ presentation of vocals and unveiled highs compare with the best tower and bookshelf speakers in the world. The FEA-optimized diffuser ensures broad dispersion for an incredibly wide and convincing soundstage and perfect on- and off-axis frequency response so everyone in your room experiences the same stunning clarity.

Innovative SoundMatch Crossover Design

Ultra Tower Crossover

SVS Ultra Tower Crossover

No expense was spared with the innovative SVS SoundMatch two-way crossover. The unique topology creates a broad, yet focused and precise soundstage, with accurate frequency response and imaging at all listening positions. The precise tuning of the SoundMatch Crossover also ensures balanced output from sparkling highs to the crystal clear and commanding midrange, down to visceral and authoritative bass.

Performance Driven Cabinet Design and Geometry

Performance Driven Cabinet Design and Geometry

Every feature on the Ultra Bookshelf speaker cabinet is designed with a sonic purpose in mind. Tapered edges on the cabinet’s front baffle, known as chamfers, minimize edge diffraction for clear and precise soundstaging. Internally, each cabinet employs separate sub-enclosures of the mid-bass driver and tweeter to optimize performance and minimize interaction between drive units.

Meticulous, Innovative Design Process

All SVS speakers, regardless of price or form factor, are crafted in the same painstaking fashion. Call it a marriage of exacting science and a passionate expression of technique and love of great sound.

Before a model is ever constructed, drivers and cabinets are theoretically designed by our acoustic engineers using sophisticated computer-aided design (CAD) processes . Then prototypes are carefully measured and optimized in an anechoic environment to achieve pitch-perfect frequency response. After the ideal theoretical frequency response is attained, exhaustive listening and measurement is done in listening rooms calibrated to closely resemble typical home-like room environments.

The result is a speaker that measures well with near-perfect real world frequency response, but also optimized to sound amazing on a human level through listening tests with real music and cinematic content, in a real world listening environment like your home.

Frequency Response / Acoustic Data:

  • Rated bandwidth: 45 Hz-32 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
  • Real black oak veneer and piano gloss black finish options
  • Dual gold-plated 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: 15” (H) x 8.5” (W) x 10.6” (D) (without grille)
  • Overall Dimensions: 15” (H) x 8.5” W x 10.9” (D) (with grille)
  • Shipped Dimensions: 24" (H) x 20" (W) x 14" (D)
  • Weight: 19 pounds
  • Shipped Weight: 42 pounds

Driver Specs:

1” Aluminum Dome Tweeter:

  • FEA-optimized diffuser for airy and unveiled presentation
  • Aluminum dome delivers exceptional transient response and exceptional stiffness/mass ratio

6.5” Woofers:

  • Composite glass-fiber cone with excellent stiffness/mass ratio for high sensitivity and pistonic behavior beyond pass band.
  • Aluminum shorting rings to reduce gap inductance and lower distortion
  • Long stroke motor and suspension for high output
  • Vented voice coil formers to minimize air compression artifacts at high drive levels

Crossover & Cabinet Specs:

Crossover:

  • 2-way crossover with premium-grade capacitors, air-core inductors and heavy-trace printed circuit boards
  • Crossover frequency and slopes optimized for excellent off-axis polar response, outstanding phase coherency, and total radiated sound power
  • Tweeter-to-woofer crossover: 2 kHz

Cabinet:

  • Acoustically transparent and FEA optimized grilles, wedge-shaped front baffle and flush-mounted drivers all contribute to reduced edge diffraction and improved on-axis high frequency response
  • FEA-optimized bracing reduces cabinet resonances
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Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
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Reviews Summary
Customers say these bookshelf speakers deliver exceptional sound quality with remarkable clarity and detail. Many reviews mention the impressive soundstage and precise imaging. The speakers reveal new layers in familiar music, with users noting crisp highs and clear midrange performance. Common feedback includes praise for the build quality and piano gloss finish. While most find them versatile for both music and movies, some note they perform best when paired with a subwoofer. Reviews frequently highlight the speakers' ability to fill rooms with rich, balanced sound despite their compact size.
248 reviews
  • VM
    Vince M.
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    9 months ago
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    Ultra Bookshelf
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Ulta bookshelves

    These bookshelf speakers look awesome, sound awesome put 120 Watts per channel to them with a Rotel amp. what’s the piano gloss on them they’re the prettiest speakers I’ve ever seen…

    Everyone that hears them gets a big smile on their face and says how good they sound and how nice they are.

    If you’re looking at these, I would say buy them. I would buy them again. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed at all. The service at SVS has been 100% buying or returning.

    It’s been a hassle free experience every time I’ve ordered from them. I will report for a living. Trust me you don’t get that everywhere.

    I’m just looking for excuse to order another set 100% .

  • LR
    Louis R.
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    1 year ago
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    Ultra Bookshelf - Piano - Outlet
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Perfect Experience

    Couldn't be more satisfied with my purchase and customer service

  • LR
    Louis R.
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    1 year ago
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    Ultra Bookshelf - Piano - Outlet
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    True High End Experience

    From beginning to completion my experience couldn't of been any better. Very very pleased with my purchase and the only thing better was SVS' customer service. I was really picky and a real pain in the @&$ but they never showed any frustration or wavering from being the best at patiently providing a uniquely professional experience. Can't wait to do further business in the foreseeable future. See picture of my system, I also have two speakers at the headboard, a 4.1, planning on purchasing the ultra center channel in white of course.

  • PS
    Patrick S.
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    1 year ago
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    Ultra Bookshelf
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Total Upgrade

    As a current owner of the Prime bookshelf, I enjoy the amazing sound it delivers from my NAD amp. After purchasing the ULTRA, I was blown away with the significant improvement to the sound. The soundstage was wider, and delivered a cleaner, livelier music experience. I’m happy with both bookshelves but the Ultra is definitely several notches above the Prime, which in its own right a very good speaker.

  • DS
    Dave S.
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    1 year ago
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    Ultra Bookshelf
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Rejuvenating my vinyl

    I wanted to get back into my vinyl collection. I bought my turntable and used my Polk Audio speakers from a previous surround system. Then my daughter wanted the surround system for their movie room. This allowed me to do some upgrades. I upgraded my receiver to a unit from Denon and a set of SVS Ultra Bookshelf. I couldn’t believe the additional bass response. The midrange and highs were crisp and well defined. I listen to a lot of varied music , but I’m heavy into a lot of female vocalists. The ability to reproduce their vocal range is incredible. I go from Sade, to Stevie Nicks to Ann and Nancy Wilson. I previewed the Ultra Bookshelf speakers when SVS visited PA. I took the chance that they would be as impressive in my listening room. They didn’t let me down!