The former is too involved for most people to deal with, especially renters.
The latter usually branded as Atmos enabled speakers are far more convenient at the expense of acoustic compromise.
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The quality extends to the design.
Also clever is the mounting mechanism.
Its angled screw slots allow you to mount the speaker in pretty much any useful direction.
Connected to aYamaha RX-A3080receiver, the difference from my previous height speakers was obvious.
The improvement became more apparent when listening to music.
Hearing reverberations pass overhead while listening to choral music with the Prime Elevations was eerily realistic.
Satisfied with their surround performance, I spent a few days trying them as left and right channels.
This was perhaps what impressed me the most they just sounded like real speakers.
Again, the tonality was mostly neutral, albeit perhaps a little forward in the midrange region.
They threw out a large soundstage with greater punchiness than I expected from a small woofer and cabinet.
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The angled design works for more than Atmos too.
Alternatively, the speakers can be mounted slightly above your TV and angled downwards.
The results are in the gallery below.
Still, they should provide an idea of their performance characteristics.
Its a studio monitor which uses digital signal processing to achieve a ruler flat response.
The horizontal off-axis measurements are spaced closely together, suggesting a wide dispersion.
Placement adjacent to a wall and ceiling in a typical Atmos setup will tend to reinforce the bass.
The Elevations themselves have a 1/4 brass insert if you want to you alternate mounting options.
Its no surprise that the Prime Elevations are SVS best selling speaker.
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