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Entered CNET Catalog: 08/18/2001
SKU: C/L/R 2500
Manufacturer: Definitive Technology
Manufacturer description
All Definitive center channels and C/L/R (Center/Left/Right) speakers are designed with the same rigid standards and high performance goals as the company's main left and right front speakers. They include state-of-the-art features like high-definition polymer coned cast-basket bass/midrange drivers with butyl rubber surrounds, wide dispersion pure aluminum dome tweeters with magnetic fluid cooling, complex Linkwitz-Riley crossover networks, solid non-resonant monocoque cabinets with diffractionless grill/baffle interfaces and effective magnetic shielding incorporating both metal shield and dual field canceling magnets. All center channels and C/L/Rs have been voiced (timbre-matched) with the same sonic signature as all of Definitive's front main speakers. They will also, because of their true full-range quality and linear response, often provide better performance and do a better job matching other companies' main speakers than their own. The revolutionary new C/L/R 2500 features powerful built-in powered subwoofers driven by the Infinite Power Source Technology amplifiers. Its upward-firing long-throw woofers only require 1" of clearance, so it works perfectly whether you open-mount your center channel or put it in a cabinet. The purpose of putting a subwoofer in the center channel, beyond putting more bass energy into the room, is really to add full range bass and sub-bass capability to the center channel itself. The difference this makes is absolutely audible and very dramatic. This gives you a truly full dynamic range capable/full frequency range capable center channel, which allows you to set the center channel setting on your Dolby Digital decoder to large and fully realize the performance potential of the full range center channel program material as it was intended to be reproduced by the director. Because of their superb full-range response and quality of reproduction, the C/L/Rs may be used as matching left main, center, and right speakers when installation requirements dictate this type of system. They may be placed either horizontally or vertically. In fact, the C/L/Rs were designed with this very much in mind and offer truly incredible dynamic range, high-definition clarity, extended linear response, three-dimensional pinpoint imaging and overall performance, which is truly state-of-the-art for music and home theater reproduction.Product summary
The good: Terrific bass for a center channel.
The bad: Less than terrific treble.
The bottom line: Unusually gutsy sound for a center speaker.
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Review: Those similar products that I used do not nearly offer what this milestone of a center channel has. Built-in sub for pinpoint male dialogue and gunshot blast reproduction! 30,000Hz response for crystal clear highs. And best of all a very reasonable price tag Def Tec ask for all of this. I have gone through 7 dialogue channels with-in 2 years and I finally found my home theater's "center of attention
