A three-way centre for dialogue you can trust
The SVS Ultra Evolution Centre is a true three-way sealed centre channel designed to anchor a high-end home theatre. A diamond-coated aluminium dome tweeter, a dedicated midrange and dual 6.5" woofers keep voices clear and dynamic across a wide range of seats. It is sold as a single speaker.
Why You'll Love It
- Clear dialogue across every seat. The three-way design and vertical tweeter-midrange array widen the sweet spot, so voices stay intelligible from the centre of the couch to the far seats.
- A dedicated midrange. Unlike two-way centres, the Ultra Evolution gives the midrange its own driver and sealed internal chamber, which keeps vocals free of the boxiness that troubles typical centre speakers.
- Finished to match the room. Choose Black Oak, Gloss Black or Gloss White to sit with the rest of your Ultra Evolution system.
Under the Hood
- Diamond-coated aluminium tweeter. A layer of diamond carbon is applied to the 1" aluminium dome by vapour deposition to raise rigidity, pushing distortion-free response beyond the range of human hearing.
- Time-aligned cabinet geometry. The curved front baffle lines up the tweeter and midrange so their output reaches your ears at the same instant, tightening imaging and phase coherence.
- Glass-fibre composite drivers. The 4.5" midrange and dual 6.5" woofers use stiff, light glass-fibre cones for accurate tone and effortless low end.
CHT Insider Verdict
The Ultra Evolution Centre is the piece most systems get wrong, and SVS has taken it seriously. It is a genuine three-way that treats the centre channel as a full-range speaker rather than an afterthought, which is exactly what a reference front stage needs. Match it with Ultra Evolution towers or bookshelves and dialogue locks to the screen.
Pro Tip: Because the baffle is time-aligned on a vertical plane, angle the whole cabinet so the tweeter fires toward ear height at your main seat, rather than leaving it flat under a high wall-mounted TV.
Specifications
| Design | |
| Configuration | 3-way sealed centre channel |
| Nominal Impedance | 6 Ω |
| Sensitivity | 87 dB (2.83V @ 1 m, full-space) |
| Recommended Amplifier Power | 20 - 225 W |
| Frequency Response | 40 Hz - 40 kHz (±3 dB) |
| Drivers | |
| Tweeter | 1" diamond-coated aluminium dome |
| Midrange | 4.5" glass-fibre composite |
| Woofers | 2 x 6.5" glass-fibre |
| Crossover | 2.2 kHz (tweeter-midrange), 450 Hz (midrange-woofer) |
| Cabinet | |
| Dimensions (H x W x D) | 195 x 560 x 289 mm |
| Weight | 12.2 kg |
| Sold As | Single |
| Finishes | Black Oak, Gloss Black, Gloss White |


