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popularZorba1446 posted Jun 08, 2026 12:00 AM
popularZorba1446 posted Jun 08, 2026 12:00 AM

Emotiva XC3, a gloriously *GINORMOUS* 3-way center speaker with RIBBON tweeter, $599 (reg. $799)

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Why not? Since it's after all the CENTER speaker that actually carries 60-80% of all the output during "surround" sound viewing, does it not make perfect sense to get the biggest baddest center you can?

This one has FOUR 6" bass woofers, TWO 5.25" dedicated midrange woofers, and the same famous AMT folded ribbon tweeter found in all the Emotiva speakers, providing extended and crystal clear highs with zero harshness, unlike many metal domes. EAsy for any receiver or amp to drive with its 90db sensitivity, and the 40Hz F3 provides nice full mid-bass, so that male voices don't sound like chipmunks as happens with many lifestyle systems, tiny centers or soundbars.

https://emotiva.com/products/airm...oudspeaker
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Why not? Since it's after all the CENTER speaker that actually carries 60-80% of all the output during "surround" sound viewing, does it not make perfect sense to get the biggest baddest center you can?

This one has FOUR 6" bass woofers, TWO 5.25" dedicated midrange woofers, and the same famous AMT folded ribbon tweeter found in all the Emotiva speakers, providing extended and crystal clear highs with zero harshness, unlike many metal domes. EAsy for any receiver or amp to drive with its 90db sensitivity, and the 40Hz F3 provides nice full mid-bass, so that male voices don't sound like chipmunks as happens with many lifestyle systems, tiny centers or soundbars.

https://emotiva.com/products/airm...oudspeaker

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Jun 11, 2026 06:14 AM
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jmateJun 11, 2026 06:14 AM
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I wonder how this would sound in a stereo pairing. Perhaps the dispersion would be different if this was made to stand on one end as a tower speaker.
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Zorba1446Jun 11, 2026 01:01 PM
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Quote from jmate :
I wonder how this would sound in a stereo pairing. Perhaps the dispersion would be different if this was made to stand on one end as a tower speaker.
All of Emotiva's asymmetrical center speakers have rotatable tweeters, so they are designed to work vertically as well as horizontally. In theory, vertical would eliminate any "lobing effects" present in the horizontal configuration.
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RavislickJun 11, 2026 04:06 PM
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What a monster of a center!! It is the most important speaker in an HT . Emotiva has such a good value proposition for what they offer
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Zorba1446Jun 11, 2026 04:13 PM
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Quote from Ravislick :
What a monster of a center!! It is the most important speaker in an HT . Emotiva has such a good value proposition for what they offer
Yes they do...especially the XC1 now going for $229.

And unlike SVS, they don't use the center speakers as gateway products to make you buy overpriced bookshelves and overpriced towers to "match"---their towers and bookshelves also have excellent price to performance.

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