Speakers

The ingenuity of loudspeaker designers never ceases to amaze me. It seems like a simple enough proposition - mount a speaker in a box, then field as many boxes as you have channels.

In the lab

Frequency response (at 2 meters) front left/right: 70 Hz to 16.1 kHz ±4.3 dB center: 120 Hz to 15.8 kHz ±4.0 dB surround: 112 Hz to 19.1 kHz ±3.6 dB subwoofer: 53 to 190 Hz ±1.5 dB

Sensitivity (SPL at 1 meter with 2.8 volts of pink-noise input) front left/right: 85 dB center: 86 dB surround: 85 dB

Frequency response (at 2 meters) front left/right: 83 Hz to 20 kHz ±4.4 dB center: 83 Hz to 20 kHz ±4.3 dB surround: 83 Hz to 20 kHz ±4.3 dB subwoofer: 17 to 56 Hz ±1.8 dB

Sensitivity (SPL at 1 meter with 2.8 volts of pink-noise input) front left/right/center/surround: 90 dB