Definitive
has always led the industry with the best-sounding shielded center channels
available. Optimum surround sound home theater reproduction places heavy demands
on the center channel speaker, which in many respects is the main speaker in the
system and often handles 50% or more of the program material. It is no place to
compromise and settle for second best. Because of this, Definitive pioneered the
concept of full frequency range high-definition center-channel speakers.
Definitive's center channels and C/L/Rs are consistently rated as the best
available, and have won numerous Audio Video Grand Prix Center Channel of the
Year Awards each and every year.
Our current offerings are the best ever, all featuring wide frequency response
and extended dynamic range with extraordinary detail and articulation. (The C/L/Rs
are also superb as matching center, left and right channel speakers and can be
positioned horizontally or vertically.) All feature non-resonant monocoque
cabinets with Linkwitz-Riley crossover networks, pure aluminum dome tweeters and
die-cast-basket bass/midrange drivers in D'Appolito arrays.
Definitive builds eight magnetically shielded center channel and C/L/R
(Center/Left/Right) speakers (C/L/R 3000, C/L/R 2500, C/L/R 2300, C/L/R 2002,
C/L/R 2000, C/L/R 1000B, ProCenter C2, and ProCenter 100). All Definitive center
channels and C/L/Rs are designed with the same rigid standards and high
performance goals as our 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. of course,
as you move up in the Definitive line, the overall performance improves,
especially in the areas of dynamic range, extended linear response, fullness and
clarity. All are Dolby Digital AC-3* ready.
The revolutionary new C/L/R 3000, C/L/R 2500 and C/L/R 2300 feature powerful
built-in powered subwoofers driven by our Infinite Power Source Technology
amplifiers. Their upward-firing long-throw woofers only require 1" of clearance,
so they work perfectly whether you open-mount your center channel or put it in a
cabinet. Remember: 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. Our C/L/R based home theater systems have won many honors
including Sound & Vision's prestigious Critic's Choice Award. And a C/L/R based
system using our Powered C/L/Rs with built-in subwoofers (C/L/R 3000, C/L/R
2500, C/L/R 2300) either with or without a separate outboard subwoofer is
absolutely stupendous and offers the absolute state-of-the-art performance for
shelf, in cabinet, and custom built-in systems.
