SVS Prime Tower, Prime Series, Prime Bookshelf, Prime Satellite, Prime Center Owner's Manual

SPEAKERS

PRIME TOWER

PRIME BOOKSHELF

PRIME SATELLITE

PRIME CENTER

OWNER’S MANUAL

Thank you, and congratulations on purchasing your
new SVS Prime Speaker!

All it takes is one listen to the Prime Speakers to understand just how
much passion SVS poured into the development of this new family of
loudspeakers. Leveraging design and technology from the SVS Ultra
Speaker family, the Prime Speakers feature premium drivers and
high-quality crossover components simply not found anywhere else at
this level. We’re proud to say that you won’t find speakers with better
sound quality or performance value at this price.

If you ever have any questions about your SVS product, or need help
setting them up, feel free to contact us directly.

www.svsound.com • [e-mail] • [phone]

owner’s manual v.1.1_08192014

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SETTING UP YOUR PRIME SPEAKERS 3
FOOT OPTIONS 3
ACOUSTICS & ROOM PLACEMENT 4
ROOM PLACEMENT 6
SPEAKER MOUNTING 8
SPEAKER CONNECTION 9
CARING FOR YOUR PRIME SPEAKERS 10
WARRANTY 10
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS 10
FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS 11
PRIME TOWER 11
PRIME BOOKSHELF 12
PRIME CENTER 13
PRIME SATELLITE 14

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SETTING UP YOUR PRIME SPEAKERS

FOOT OPTIONS

The Prime Tower speakers come packaged with two sets of foot support
options that allow optimal placement on a variety of floor substrates. The
Elastomer Isolation feet that come pre-installed on the Prime Towers can be
removed (unscrew to remove) and replaced with the included Threaded Metal
Spike kit. Both sets of feet are threaded to allow easy leveling of the Prime
Towers if they should stand on an uneven surface.

Elastomer Isolation Feet

Threaded Metal Spikes

The Prime Bookshelf, Prime Center and
Prime Satellite also include stick-on
bumper kits that can be attached to the
bottom of your speakers to protect them
when placed on speaker stands and
other surfaces.

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SETTING UP YOUR PRIME SPEAKERS

ACOUSTICS & ROOM PLACEMENT

Front Left/Right Loudspeaker Placement and Room Acoustics:

Proper placement of the front left/right speakers is essential to achieve the
smoothest frequency response, optimal stereo imaging and the most spacious,
three-dimensional soundstage.

Stereo imaging and soundstage are affected by loudspeaker location and the
listening position, relative to each other and room boundaries. Moving the
loudspeakers away from room boundaries will tend to improve stereo imaging and
spaciousness by attenuating and delaying boundary reflections, thus optimizing
direct sound and helping to preserve spatial information in the recording.

The amount of exposed glass, drywall and bare flooring in the room will increase
the amount of reflected sound and exacerbate problems like slap echo and ringing.
Conversely, furnishings like carpeting, drapes and upholstered furniture will reduce
the amount of reflected sound in the room. The ratio of direct-to-reflected sound
and the decay characteristics of the listening environment will have a large
influence on the ultimate sound quality of any loudspeaker system. Dedicated
room treatments like absorbers, diffusers and bass traps can greatly improve the
sound quality of any listening environment, and are encouraged to extract the
absolute best performance from any high-end loudspeaker system.

SVS recommends starting with the front loudspeakers located 30-degrees to the
left and right (i.e., a 60-degree total window) of the listening position.

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