Revel Performa3 C205

The center channel speaker is often described as the hardest-working speaker in a home theater. If you're putting together a surround sound system based on Revel's remarkable Performa3 series, the C205 is for you. This center channel delivers clear, nuanced dialogue while anchoring the front soundstage with authority. Revel designs and builds every driver that goes into their speakers. The C205's dual 5-1/4" woofers use aluminum cones that are anodized on both sides with a micro-ceramic composite compound. This reduces resonances that can color the sound. The C205's 1" aluminum dome tweeter sits in Revel's concave Acoustic Lens waveguide, which increases the tweeter's dispersion at higher frequencies, and also helps create a more seamless match between the tweeter and the dual flanking woofers. The result is very smooth, consistent sound both on-axis and off-axis. The C205's cabinet features curved top and bottom walls built from a series of laminated layers. These curved walls are inherently stiffer than ...