New SVS Prime-Pinnacle

[R.Elder]

SVS new floor standers
https://www.svsound.com/products/prime-pinnacle

Details:
Frequency Response / Acoustic Data:

• Rated bandwidth: 29 Hz-25 kHz (±3 dB)
• Nominal impedance: 8 ohms

• Sensitivity: 88 dB (2.83V @ 1 meter full-space, 300-3kHz)
• Recommended amplifier power: 20-300 watts

Speaker Specs:

• Floor Standing Tower Loudspeaker
• Black ash and piano gloss black finish options
• 5-way binding posts
• Triple 2” wide-flared rear-firing ports
• Cloth grille with pin/cup retention system

• Cabinet Dimensions: 40.5" (H) X 8" (W) X 13.4" (D)
• Overall Dimensions: 41.1" (H) X 8" (W) X 13.9" (D) (includes grille, feet and binding posts)
• Weight Packaged: 66 lbs (29.9 kg)
• Weight Unboxed: 57.1 lbs (25.9 kg)

Driver Specs:
1” Aluminum Dome Tweeter:

• FEA-optimized diffuser for airy and unveiled presentation
• Aluminum dome for exceptional transient response

Triple 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

5.25” 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

Crossover & Cabinet Specs:
Crossover:

• 3-way crossover with premium-grade capacitors, air-core inductors and heavy-trace printed circuit boards
• 2-piece PCB design reduces component interference
• Tweeter-to-Midrange crossover: 2.1kHz (12 dB/octave slopes)
• Midrange-to-Woofer crossover frequency: 300Hz (12 dB/octave slopes)

Cabinet:

• Separate sealed midrange enclosure with angled bracing diffuses and shifts standing waves beyond the driver pass band, improving sound quality
• Three 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 angled bracing eliminates resonances and improves cabinet rigidity for acoustically inert enclosure

What do you guys think? I love my SVS PB-13 ultra but never tried their full range speakers.

 

[Russdawg1]

Just another SVS speaker. Lol.

 

[R.Elder]

From what I’ve heard they (SVS) are a decent budget option as far as their towers go. I’ve not gotten a chance to audition them.

 

[Russdawg1]

From what I’ve heard they (SVS) are a decent budget option as far as their towers go. I’ve not gotten a chance to audition them.

I’ve actually never heard that. I’ve rarely seen them recommended on AVS which is where I usually hang out. The bookshelves have been said to be bright, measurements prove that, and the overall performance of them gets crapped on by $300 offerings by Ascend, Chane, and Emotiva.

Just my recollection. Feel free to try them out, free returns (Which btw are half the asking price...)

 

[Sef_Makaro]

I’ve got a handful of different SVS speakers and I’ve been very happy with all of them. The issues I had when I got my first set turned out to be a mix of room acoustics and AVR settings.

 

[R.Elder]

https://www.audioholics.com/tower-speaker-reviews/svs-prime-tower-and-center-loudspeaker-review

“
SVS joins a very competitive budget-driven market with its Prime series loudspeakers. Between the perceptually huge soundstage, a 45-day trial period, furniture-grade aesthetics, and clean reproduction, it’s tough to fault anyone considering them, and I expect them regularly show in forum recommendations.

SVS Prime Towers (Grilles Removed)​

As with any speaker in this price class, they’re not quite flawless but they do get more things right than virtually any of their competition at this price point. They have gobs of bass extension, can play ungodly loud and remain clean in doing so. They need a quality A/V receiver to sound their best, but that’s virtually a given with high-performance tower systems.”

 

[viseral audio]

just my two cents never been disappointed with an svs product have pb ultra16 and ultra bookshelves in different systems can't wait to hear ultra towers and pinnacles.

 

[Danzilla31]

SVS new floor standers
https://www.svsound.com/products/prime-pinnacle

Details:
Frequency Response / Acoustic Data:

• Rated bandwidth: 29 Hz-25 kHz (±3 dB)
• Nominal impedance: 8 ohms

• Sensitivity: 88 dB (2.83V @ 1 meter full-space, 300-3kHz)
• Recommended amplifier power: 20-300 watts

Speaker Specs:

• Floor Standing Tower Loudspeaker
• Black ash and piano gloss black finish options
• 5-way binding posts
• Triple 2” wide-flared rear-firing ports
• Cloth grille with pin/cup retention system

• Cabinet Dimensions: 40.5" (H) X 8" (W) X 13.4" (D)
• Overall Dimensions: 41.1" (H) X 8" (W) X 13.9" (D) (includes grille, feet and binding posts)
• Weight Packaged: 66 lbs (29.9 kg)
• Weight Unboxed: 57.1 lbs (25.9 kg)

Driver Specs:
1” Aluminum Dome Tweeter:

• FEA-optimized diffuser for airy and unveiled presentation
• Aluminum dome for exceptional transient response

Triple 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

5.25” 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

Crossover & Cabinet Specs:
Crossover:

• 3-way crossover with premium-grade capacitors, air-core inductors and heavy-trace printed circuit boards
• 2-piece PCB design reduces component interference
• Tweeter-to-Midrange crossover: 2.1kHz (12 dB/octave slopes)
• Midrange-to-Woofer crossover frequency: 300Hz (12 dB/octave slopes)

Cabinet:

• Separate sealed midrange enclosure with angled bracing diffuses and shifts standing waves beyond the driver pass band, improving sound quality
• Three 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 angled bracing eliminates resonances and improves cabinet rigidity for acoustically inert enclosure

What do you guys think? I love my SVS PB-13 ultra but never tried their full range speakers.

To be honest I'm a little disappointed at the price point.

They are supposed to be the in between the Primes and the ultra's

Yet they are $300. More each. That's over half of what the Primes cost each

They say the Primes get at least 70 to 75% of what the ultra's can do

On the phone with SVS they told me these do like 80% of what the ultra's can.

So for 200 less then an ultra or 100 less then them in piano gloss.

What the f@$! Kind off of midrange between the 2 speaker lines is that?

They almost cost as much as the Ultras for only a bit more improvement

The biggest justification they give is the placement flexibility.

Well for that much money why not just make a ultra space friendly version and just call it what it is a more room friendly ultra!

I was hoping for $250 more a speaker say like 700 to 750 for regular 800 to 850 for gloss

At 1400 to 1500 for oak to 1600 to 1700 for gloss a pair that's not a bad step up.

But quite frankly at 1600 or 1800 a pair I think they are slightly overpriced.

 

[Sef_Makaro]

To be honest I'm a little disappointed at the price point.

They are supposed to be the in between the Primes and the ultra's

Yet they are $300. More each. That's over half of what the Primes cost each

They say the Primes get at least 70 to 75% of what the ultra's can do

On the phone with SVS they told me these do like 80% of what the ultra's can.

So for 200 less then an ultra or 100 less then them in piano gloss.

What the f@$! Kind off of midrange between the 2 speaker lines is that?

They almost cost as much as the Ultras for only a bit more improvement

The biggest justification they give is the placement flexibility.

Well for that much money why not just make a ultra space friendly version and just call it what it is a more room friendly ultra!

I was hoping for $250 more a speaker say like 700 to 750 for regular 800 to 850 for gloss

At 1400 to 1500 for oak to 1600 to 1700 for gloss a pair that's not a bad step up.

But quite frankly at 1600 or 1800 a pair I think they are slightly overpriced.

If that’s all the difference there is I’d just go with Ultras. I’m curious to see some reviews on these.

 

[shadyJ]

I’m curious to see some reviews on these.

Stay tuned to Audioholics in the coming months...

 

[shadyJ]

To be honest I'm a little disappointed at the price point.

They are supposed to be the in between the Primes and the ultra's

Yet they are $300. More each. That's over half of what the Primes cost each

They say the Primes get at least 70 to 75% of what the ultra's can do

On the phone with SVS they told me these do like 80% of what the ultra's can.

So for 200 less then an ultra or 100 less then them in piano gloss.

What the f@$! Kind off of midrange between the 2 speaker lines is that?

They almost cost as much as the Ultras for only a bit more improvement

The biggest justification they give is the placement flexibility.

Well for that much money why not just make a ultra space friendly version and just call it what it is a more room friendly ultra!

I was hoping for $250 more a speaker say like 700 to 750 for regular 800 to 850 for gloss

At 1400 to 1500 for oak to 1600 to 1700 for gloss a pair that's not a bad step up.

But quite frankly at 1600 or 1800 a pair I think they are slightly overpriced.

Using percentages to say how much better one speaker is than another can often be misleading. Speakers can have different strengths and weaknesses. Regarding comparisons to the Primes, the changes in driver structure and crossover design could belie surface similarities. I wouldn't worry about points of comparison until the speakers have been measured. My advice is to reserve judgement until much more is known about these speakers.

 

[slipperybidness]

To be honest I'm a little disappointed at the price point.

They are supposed to be the in between the Primes and the ultra's

Yet they are $300. More each. That's over half of what the Primes cost each

They say the Primes get at least 70 to 75% of what the ultra's can do

On the phone with SVS they told me these do like 80% of what the ultra's can.

So for 200 less then an ultra or 100 less then them in piano gloss.

What the f@$! Kind off of midrange between the 2 speaker lines is that?

They almost cost as much as the Ultras for only a bit more improvement

The biggest justification they give is the placement flexibility.

Well for that much money why not just make a ultra space friendly version and just call it what it is a more room friendly ultra!

I was hoping for $250 more a speaker say like 700 to 750 for regular 800 to 850 for gloss

At 1400 to 1500 for oak to 1600 to 1700 for gloss a pair that's not a bad step up.

But quite frankly at 1600 or 1800 a pair I think they are slightly overpriced.

Wait till they start selling them in the outlet store.

 

[Danzilla31]

Wait till they start selling them in the outlet store.

Hah hah true that!