Perfect8's FORCE Center channel intrigues the elite
By Darren Murph 
posted Dec 7th 2007 1:59PM
posted Dec 7th 2007 1:59PM
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posted Dec 7th 2007 1:59PM
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Kinda reminds me of V.I.N.CENT from "The Black Hole".
Goregous.... If only i had 40k to blow on a center channel speaker haha
I prefer buying a car, kthxbai!
I'm sorry, but that thing looks like ass. I'm having a hard time figuring out how I could actually use that monstrosity as a center channel. My preference is along the letting it blend in or accent, but not get in the way (think movie theater). This would stick out like a sore thumb.
For one thing, if you want speakers to hide, you would not buy a set with gold trim and other features designed to be displayed. If you don't want a display piece, then look elsewhere. For those though, who want something to accent room decor, this is a great speaker set to buy if you have the money.
It looks like it's about an arm and a leg away from being self-aware.
That thing looks stupid.
"and can be adjusted for 4:3 and 16:9 viewing"
Well, that's a relief.
How tall is it? Wouldn't that get in the way of some tv setups? Why have a massive center channel speaker if you can't see the screen?
Count me as one of those that finds this far from appealing visually. From a far with my eyes closed I could tolerate it. For $40k, I'd want more than a glass box.
Is it my imagination or is that thing on casters?
For audiophiles huh... That right there should set off bells and whistles!
umm anyone want to tell me why it can reach above human hearing in the frequency range but cant reach the bottom end? yes i know not all people can hear down to 20 hz but a lot can. wtf?
Because it's a center channel speaker, the lows frequencies are produced in a separate subwoofer. The human ear cannot detect what direction very low frequencies are coming from, thus why subwoofer placement is not really that important.
There are very very few speakers that can reach 20hz without a large, separate subwoofer. Also, there is very little musical information below 35hz. Anything below 35hz is electronically synthesized, a pipe organ, or an explosion in a movie soundtrack.
Being the extremely rich billionaire that I am, I think I'll order one of these to go along with my Pear cables.
Man, that thing is going to be a pain to keep clean-seriously, I have a glass desk and it looks nice when it's clean and shiny, but you have to clean it constantly to keep it looking like that.
2- Seas Excel 5.5 inch drivers $366
2- Seas Excel 7 inch drivers $342
1- Horn loaded tweeter Probably a few hundred
Few cross over parts another few hundred at best.
1- Butt ugly bad sounding glass box
Not quite sure how we are coming up with $44K
Without any internal dampening, this thing is going to sound like ass...