I just did a review on the DALI Oberon 5 Floorstanders, and pretty much that whole review I ranted and raved about how compact they were for a tower speaker. Well, this week I’m checking out a speaker on the opposite end of the tower speaker spectrum, the $1000 a pair SVS Prime Tower.
The Prime Tower is a massive manly man speaker, standing about three feet high. That’s pretty much a whole four inches taller than the aforementioned DALIs I just listened to. But from a quick listen, they also sound a lot bigger, especially on the low end, which is not surprising coming from a company originally known for their massive subwoofers. These things rock. I’m gonna have a lot of fun. Stay tuned for my review!
AMAZON: SVS Prime Tower Speaker (Black Ash Pair)
Features, Specs, and Unboxing Pics:
- 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
- Single set of 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
I’m an audio writer who started as a young audio salesman/consumer electronics professional back in the late 90s. That’s where I discovered the magic of 2-Channel sound. My thirst for great sound has led me on a delightful music quest that continues today.
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