Elipson Horus 10C Centre Speaker

Elipson Horus 10C centre speaker is part of the Horus range of great value speakers and is designed to sonically voice match with the Elipson Horus 6B and/or Elipson Horus 11F speakers.

The 10C will allow you to create a surround sound system by providing the centre or dialogue channel. The speaker has two powerful 130mm low/midrange drivers as well as a 25 mm silk dome tweeter. It is a bass reflex design with a front-firing bass port.

This speaker is a great compliment to the 6B bookshelf speakers and 11F floorstanding speakers. This speaker has a wide frequency range and avoids the pinched-in effect, with voice reproduction.

Three capable drivers

The 10C has a wide frequency response, for a centre speaker. That is 52 Hz to 125 kHz, this means that dialogue and effects should get the best possible clarity and impact. The two bass/midrange drivers have a cellulose pulp cone. The cone is then coated with glass fibre to aid with rigidity and prevent warping. The tweeter has a silk dome and a neodymium magnet. The drivers are matched to provide a cohesive sound.

Why two-way speakers?

When radio began the frequency range of the audio was limited, as a result, simple single speakers were adequate. However, as audio quality improved it became apparent that a single cone could not reproduce the full audio spectrum. This is due to the fact that high frequencies have a shorter wavelength. Larger cones cannot vibrate fast enough to effectively reproduce frequencies above about 3kHZ. This is known as the crossover frequency. As a result, tweeters were developed, these have a smaller cone and are much more effective at high frequencies. However, they need a crossover to block low frequencies. Crossovers are just high-pass filters made with a capacitor and coil combination.