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Soundbars are
shockingly good these days but there are some scenarios in which a sound bar simply will not
cut it and it's for those scenarios that this versatile powered speaker system was created
welcome back everyone I'm Caleb Dennison and today I am like abnormally excited to review
for you the SVS Prime Wireless Pro speakers with a special guest appearance by the SVS
3000 micro subwoofer now I'm a big fan of how far sound bars have come over the past
few years they're basically the new home theater in a box right comment below if you ever had an
OG htib in fact I'm rocking the Klipsch Cinema 1200 in my bedroom right now because a that's
just a ridiculous thing to do and B because it sounds fantastic and who doesn't want swirling
Atmos around before passing out for the night am I right but as great as the Klipsch Cinema
1200 and well the Sonos Arc and the Samsung q990b as great as they all sound for home
entertainment they all leave me a little bit cold for music listening I mean they all kick
down some fun fairly musical surround sound for movies and TV but for really good musical
Fidelity for details Sound Stage width and depth you know sit down musically listening
I still prefer a more traditional independent speaker system which is what I have in my
living room problem is my living room system with the big AV receiver and Tower speakers
it's a bit of a space hog and I hear about that often powered speakers make a good alternative
for those of us who want big sound with a small footprint but what most powered speakers lack is
an HDMI connection so they can be used for both movie and TV watching as well as music listening
that's where the SVS Prime Wireless Pro come in the pro model of the Prime Wireless have
an HDMI e-arc interface built in along with just about everything else you'd want from a
wireless speaker for what some might consider to be an outstanding alternative to a sound bar and
as long as we're at it I figured we get a quick peek at the SVS 3000 micro subwoofer because why
not but also it seemed like the perfect pairing did I mention I was excited and hey if this kind
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get there would you sweet giveaway coming thanks so much all right let's dig into these speakers
so as we dive into the prime Wireless Pro I'm reminded of klipsch's the fives those are the
first powered speakers I'm aware of to have sported an HDMI interface and I loved them
at the moment though the fives are tough to get a hold of I think they're a little backordered
but my memory of those speakers is strong and I've been looking forward to seeing how these
compare now from a design perspective the prime Wireless Pro start out looking a lot like svs's
Prime bookshelf speakers a little bigger than some five and a quarter inch bookshelf speakers
but not gargantuan by any means about 11.5 inches high seven inches wide and nine inches deep above
the five and a quarter inch mid bass driver is a one inch aluminum dome Tweeter and those four
drivers each get their own 50 watt amp for a total system power of 200 Watts on the back you get the
e-arc HDMI port I mentioned along with a digital optical Port line in Via RCA or via 1 8 inch mini
headphone jack a subwoofer output ethernet port though there's also Wi-Fi and along the Wireless
lines you get Bluetooth with aptx Chromecast AirPlay 2 DTS play-fi and Spotify connect the
digital to analog converter or DAC built into these speakers supports up to 192 kilohertz
at 24 bits so you can get lossless music via DTS play 5's critical listening Mode app required and
CD quality from AirPlay 2 or Chromecast if your streaming service supports it the USB port back
here is a service port but it can also support wireless audio adapters it is not however set
up as a USB audio receiver so if you want to use a PC you'll want to use Optical Wireless or an
outboard DAC and one of those analog inputs now let's talk about the front of the right
hand speaker it's got two dials and six preset buttons along with a dimmable display and look
I appreciate that for desktop applications having that kind of control at your fingertips is helpful
and those presets are nice for One Touch access to playlists or streaming services and sure the
display clearly tells you what input you're on and even has a readout for what you're listening
to from streaming services it's a good utility but honestly I kind of wish this business wasn't
there it's the one thing that makes this look like a computer speaker system instead of the
home entertainment and music listening Powerhouse that it is plus everything that's on the front of
the speaker is also available via this remote save the display also I have to say that the
gloss white piano finish is super nice and since we often have speakers in white finish I thought
they would photograph well here but I'm kind of wishing I had gone with the gloss Black Version
that's purely personal preference though setup is super easy I connected an ethernet cable because
I have one nearby but I also connected to Wi-Fi no problem Bluetooth was similarly easy to set
up but honestly I didn't use it much because Wi-Fi was available and as for speaker setup
itself there's not much to do but plug in the power cable for the right speaker and then run
a custom 4 Pin cable over to the left speaker a cable by the way which is long enough for most
applications I don't think these speakers should be placed any further apart than the eight foot
or so cable will allow but if you did want to you'd have to Source a longer cable yourself
as for the HDMI connection these speakers only accept PCM audio there's no Dolby or DTS decoder
built in which is normal so if you get these speakers for your home entertainment system
make sure you go into your TV settings and set the digital audio output to PCM most TVs won't
figure that out automatically so you got to do it manually otherwise you will get zero sound
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part let's talk about sound quality so let me just tell you what my first few minutes was like with
these speakers the first notes I heard coming out of them was a YouTube video played on the
Sony a95 case YouTube app it was a Zildjian live music video featuring larnelle Lewis with the
band Ghost note and my expectations were fairly low because compressed YouTube audio right but
what I heard had me like no way is all that sound coming from those speakers I knew I hadn't turned
on the sub or connected subwoofer cable but I still went to check anyway because I was hearing
bass at least down to 60 hertz and I suspected lower so I ran some frequency sweeps and Guys
these speakers are getting down to 40 Hertz with authority and have Audible base down to 35 Hertz
in fact I tracked it all the way down to 32 Hertz which is insane I've helped design six and six
and a half inch bookshelf speakers much bigger than these they couldn't pull off that kind of
Base so yay for DSP right but here's the thing these speakers don't sound like they're muscled
by DSP definitely not the way sound bars often do and not even like many powered speakers can they
actually sound remarkably natural which is not to say that they sound neutral they definitely
have an SVS sound profile but it happens to be a Sonic signature that I like a lot on the other end
of the spectrum I'm again pleasantly surprised by The High Frequency response on these speakers I'm
generally not a fan of metal Dome tweeters but svs's work with them is the exception for me and
the prime Wireless Pro are no exception to that exception I describe the highs as being slightly
laid back don't get me wrong there's plenty of detail and resolution here I get the grit
of brass overtones the Shimmer of symbols and plenty of breathy air around close mic'd vocals
but compared to say Klipsch is the fives which are a bit more in your face the prime Wireless
Pro managed to have a good presence without being quite so forward and I like it a lot mid-range is
super solid it's not as open and transparent as say the kef ls Wireless II but it is surprisingly
close and that's saying something considering the vast price difference between the two there's no
chestiness or honk to the meat of the vocal range and guitar especially guitar the meat of the sound
has tremendous Clarity and tonality and crunch I mean we're talking about audiophile level stuff
here in fact there wasn't a single musical genre I tested that fell outside of the range of the Prime
Wireless Pro's abilities to produce well hip-hop r b Jazz classical Bluegrass and yes even country
and western so both kinds of music it all sounded excellent I mean honestly I feel like you get a
lot more than what you pay for with these speakers especially winless listening to music and they do
movies really well too I would say for the best home theater experience though you might want to
add a subwoofer like the micro 3000 that would allow you to keep the small footprint but add
some more punch and Rumble that you really need for the LFE track in movies musically speaking I
could very easily go without a subwoofer the base on the prime Wireless Pro is just so incredibly
deep and musical with just the right amount of punch and they do better than most powered
bookshelf site speakers do for movie watching but for the kind of bass you expect from a soundbar
system or home theater in a box like a sub is just warranted now I haven't had enough time with the
3000 micro to give it a proper review yet and I couldn't fit it in here anyway but what I've
experienced so far has been great I don't need the sub for music listening like at all but I did
enjoy the extra punch for movies and I imagine in a large cavernous room you'd want to add a
sub to get that room filling Vibe otherwise the prime Wireless Pro are one of the best deals in
high quality two-channel sound that you can get compared to the audio engine 5 plus they do cost
about 300 more but you get 300 more in resolution detail articulation and frankly the better base is
the big payoff there and as much as I love the kef LS2 Wireless the prime Wireless Pro make the kef
a harder sell because they have more prominent bass and punch and they're so close to the kef
for so much less money also the HDMI connection is no small deal in my opinion and even in svs's
own lineup right like if you were to get a pair of passive gloss black or gloss white Prime bookshelf
speakers you'll have to spend far more getting an amp that will drive them nearly as well as the amp
built into this pair of speakers in fact if it wasn't for the little aesthetic Bugger I have
with the right speakers dial and display which might be a zero issue for you I'm just overly
particular I guess these would be a 10 10 out of 10 all day every day I'll give them a 9.7 though
I mean they just tick all the right boxes for me so whether you listen exclusively to vinyl are
a die-hard high resolution digital audio person you need a home entertainment system that doesn't
gobble up space any situation in which you want highly musical sound that extends beyond what a
sound bar can do but doesn't require the kind of financial investment and space requirements that a
much larger traditional two-channel setup requires the prime Wireless Pro are the ticket bring them
home and get ready to have your expectations blown away thanks as always for watching everyone
what do you think about the prime Wireless Pro let me know down in the comments don't forget
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