Ultra Evolution Center Speaker

Flagship reference 3-way SVS center speaker delivers pristine clarity and powerful dynamics with astonishingly large sweet spot for the finest home theaters

The Culmination of Sonic Obsession.

SVS Ultra Evolution Center speaker represents the culmination of SVS breakthroughs in driver design, component materials, and cabinet architecture, married with a relentless passion for audio excellence. The science of sonic perfection in harmony with a love of convincing and immersive sound.

With a true 3-way driver and crossover design, Ultra Evolution Center renders a broad and diffuse sweet spot so you can enjoy optimal sound in a wider listening area. This is especially important for rooms with multiple seating positions. Voices and sonic details are rendered with pristine clarity and exciting dynamics for more convincing movie and TV sound.

Time-aligned cabinet geometry, diamond coated aluminum dome tweeters, organic cellular lattice diffuser, and other advancements embody an uncompromising approach to speaker design.

These innovations are brought to life with painstaking anechoic and real-world measurement and voicing. This final bit of artistry places Ultra Evolution Center among the highest fidelity center channel speakers ever created.

Our mission has always been to ignite a passion for transcendent music and home theater experiences by rendering the truest sonic playback.

The joy of pinpoint accuracy, absolute transparency, stunning dynamics, and effortless bass for more people than ever. SVS Ultra Evolution Center deeply connects you to the emotion of sound.

Inspired Design, Reference Performance.

Time Aligned Cabinet Curved front baffle aligns the sonic emanation point of the tweeter and mid-range on a vertical plane ensuring sound from each driver reaches your ears at the exact same instant. Maximizes phase coherence for more convincing and immersive soundstage with pinpoint accuracy and imaging.
	Diamond Coated Aluminum Dome Tweeter Through a process called Vapor Deposition, a layer of diamond carbon is applied to the aluminum dome tweeters to vastly improve rigidity and acoustic properties. This breakthrough in material science raises the frequency response well beyond the limits of human hearing resulting in effortless, airy, and unveiled highs with no measurable distortion. The diamond coating also pushes low frequency extension of the tweeter deeper for more seamless blending with the midrange. Organic cell lattice tweeter diffuser protects the dome and employs semi-random pattern derived from organic cell structures to improve off-axis response and maximize the listening "sweet spot."
3-Way Crossover Design with Vertical Tweeter Midrange Array Uncompromising 3-Way crossover with premium components seamlessly blends driver output. Subtle musical details rendered with breathtaking clarity, massive dynamics radiate with weight and control from the highest to lowest octaves. Precisely tuned crossover frequencies and slopes between tweeter, midrange, and woofers result in truthful phase coherency and a precise, robust soundstage. Enhances on- and off-axis frequency response ensuring transparency and clear vocals at every listening position. Largest "sweet spot" possible.
	Glass Fiber Composite Midrange Driver and Woofers Superb stiffness to mass ratio conveys stunning dynamics with flawless tonal accuracy throughout the middle octaves where most sound is present. Rich, effortless bass from composite glass-fiber cone with custom surround for peak sensitivity and excursion.
Unrelenting Attention to Detail Separate, acoustically tuned internal chamber for the midrange optimizes separation and eliminates any potential for cabinet resonances, resulting in pristine sound across the frequency spectrum. Precision-cast aluminum-alloy baskets ensure precise alignment of critical components and maximize thermal dissipation. Chamfered front baffle minimizes edge diffraction for optimal off-axis frequency response. Neodymium magnetic grilles Stunning Piano Gloss Black, Piano Gloss White, and Black Oak Veneer Finish

Designing Ultra Evolution

SVS team discusses flagship speaker series development and technology.

Introduction & Acoustically Centered Time Alignment

Driver Technology

Design Philosophy and Process

Frequency Response / Acoustic Data:

• Frequency Response: 40 Hz-40 kHz (+/-3 dB).
• Nominal impedance: 6 ohms.
• Sensitivity: 87dB (2.83V @ 1 meter full-space, 300Hz - 3kHz)
• Recommended amplifier power: 20 - 225 watts

Speaker Specs:

• Center Channel Loudspeaker
• Piano gloss black, piano gloss white, real black oak veneer finish options
• Dual gold-plated 5-way binding posts
• Dual 1.6 in. wide-flared rear-firing ports?
• Cloth grille with magnetic retention system
• Elastomer stick-on bumper feet
• Cabinet Dimensions: 7.68 in. (H) x 22.05 in. (W) x 11.39" (D) / 195mm (H) x 560mm (W) x 289.4mm (D)
• Overall Dimensions: 7.83 in. (H) x 22.05 in. (W) x 11.78 in. (D) / 199mm (H) x 560mm (W) x 299.2mm (D) (includes grille, feet, and binding posts)
• Shipped Dimensions: 12.0 in. (H) x 25.8 in. (W) x 16.3 in. (D) / 306mm (H) x 655mm (W) x 414mm (D)
• Weight Unboxed: 26.8 pounds / 12.2 kgs
• Shipped Weight: 30.9 pounds / 13.6 kgs

Driver Specs:

1 in. Diamond Coated Tweeter

• FEA-optimized Organic Cell Lattice Diffuser for airy, unveiled highs and pristine clarity.
• Cutting-edge vapor-deposition grows a hyper-rigid diamond-like coating on an aircraft-grade aluminum dome, pushing high-frequency extension further beyond human hearing, and delivering best-in-class fidelity, linearity, and transient response.
• Silver tinsel leads for optimal signal transfer and power handling.

4.5 in. Midrange Driver

• Composite glass-fiber cone with excellent stiffness/mass ratio for high sensitivity and pistonic behavior beyond passband.
• Precision-cast aluminum-alloy baskets ensure precise alignment of critical components and maximize thermal dissipation.
• Vented Kapton voice coil former is exceptionally lightweight for excellent dynamics and transient response.

6.5 in. Woofers:

• Long stroke motor and suspension for high output.
• Composite glass-fiber cone with excellent stiffness/mass ratio for high sensitivity and pistonic behavior beyond passband.
• Precision-cast aluminum alloy baskets ensure precise alignment of critical components and maximize thermal dissipation.
• Vented aluminum voice coil former to maximize thermal control while minimizing air compression artifacts at high drive levels.

Crossover & Cabinet Specs:

Crossover:

• 3-way crossover with premium-grade capacitors, inductors, resistors, and heavy-trace printed circuit board
• Tweeter-to-Midrange crossover: 2.2 kHz
• Midrange-to-woofer crossover: 450 Hz

Cabinet:

• Time-aligned cabinet geometry introduces microsecond-level time delays between the drivers, ensuring that the effective-acoustic-center of each driver is equidistant from the listener.?The result is improved linearity and directionality throughout the crossover frequencies, and a more accurate soundstage.
• Vertically Aligned Tweeter-Midrange array creates perfect on and off-axis frequency response and blending for clear vocals and the largest possible "Sweet Spot" ensuring transparency and clear vocals at every listening position.
• Dual 6.5 in. woofers drive deep, accurate bass for the most demanding center-channel content.
• 4.5 in. midrange driver in a dedicated acoustic-suspension sub-enclosure ensures pristine midrange output and blending with woofers and tweeter.
• Chamfered front baffle and flush-mounted drivers reduce edge diffraction and improve on-axis and off-axis high-frequency response
• Extra-thick 1 in. (25mm) driver baffle ensures a rigid, resonance-free mounting for all drivers.
• FEA-optimized " (18mm) cabinet construction, extensive bracing, and acoustic insulation eliminate acoustic and structural resonances, ensuring an inert enclosure and an uncolored response, even at the highest drive levels.

Ultra Evolution Center Speaker Owner's Manual