The 8 Best Audio source Center Speakers (2023 reviews)

The 250 c center channel speaker delivers theater-quality dialogue in a compact size for easy placement in/on your home entertainment system. The setup is pretty simple, and they sound super crisp and powerful. It’s louder, sharper, bigger and more powerful. The single leg lets you tilt the speaker upwards towards the listeners if it is on the floor. The clarity of the vocals and surround sounds are incredible. Better amplifiers come with a microphone and software to calibrate and balance all the speakers.

It's definitely a good speaker to upgrade your small/medium existing center. It's a great center speaker, but meant to be used horizontally and it's imaging and crossover network is intended for center position. It's louder, sharper, bigger and more powerful.

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Too underpowered leads to overmodulation and can blow the tweeters
Great sounding, very clear center channel which lets be
Very sharp and detailed from quiet to loud
Great center channel for smaller room

Best With others: Polk Audio wider range

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Polk Audio is known for creating pragmatic and minimalist speaker for people on the go, and its line of polk audio wider range definitely falls in line with that reputation. The Polk Audio CS10 center speaker is well made, and the five-way connectors accommodate any sort of assembly. Featuring angled cs enclosure flips for perfect aiming and more placement flexibility, this workhorse speaker delivers clear, warm and realistic sound from above or below your tv screen. It combines smaller drivers and narrow baffle geometry for wider range and a more spacious sound stage. The voices are crystal clear and makes you feel like the people are actually right in front of you talking to you.

The Polk Audio CS10 provides an ample amount of sound and quality, and excels in the high frequency range. It can be placed on a flat surface and depending on whether it is placed in its top or bottom and directs the sound straight forward or upwards. The mid woofers provide just enough mid range to add to the dynamic sound range required for the most important speaker upgrade in your setup. This speaker looks very nice and is a good weight with solid cabinet construction.

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Build quality is good and feels quite sturdy
Great for natural instruments and vocal
Enclosure kind of big but gives you good sound
Great speaker that will definitely add quality sound to your system

Best For car: Klipsch Audio source Center Speaker

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The klipsch audio source center speaker is capable of outshining several other speaker featured in this list in overall features for the price point. The high-quality klipsch synergy black label c-200 center channel speaker delivers sharp, crystal-clear dialogue and vocals for your home theater. It features a black ash vinyl cabinet and a magnetically shielded img woofer. Powerful bass and legendary klipsch acoustics combine to create the synergy black label sub-120 subwoofer. It comes with brass connectors so you can splice together.

This is an unpowered speaker that requires a separate AV receiver or amp. It comes with a black grill cover that snaps into place. The three speakers are similar in their performance. It is stylish and has great sound.

Why We Like This:

Blends into the darkness below your tv
Just speaker wire that connects to your receiver/amplifier
Good center speaker for entry level
Bi-wire" a speaker that has two sets of binding posts

Best For Other Speakers: Yamaha Audio source Center Speaker

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This Yamaha center channel speaker works perfectly without breaking the bank. It is designed to maximize the potential of hd sound sources, this speaker series gives you everything you need to fully enjoy movies and music. It is merely a driver "vent" to distinguish the cabinet from being a sealed enclosure. It is a great size and the vocals are clear enough to compete with strong surround sound speakers and a subwoofer. It also has screw hangers for hanging on a wall.

This center speaker is made for indoors, it’s not really for outside use. There are two metal brackets on either end in the back that have keyhole cut outs for screws to go through once they are attached to the wall. It is a great addition to an older sound system missing a speaker. It makes for a more natural experience.

Why We Like This:

Much better “amount” of voice without having to blast the volume
High quality sound from both a television program, video streaming and dvd/blu-ray discs
Using for improving voice when watching shows on large screen with stereo connections
Copper coated wires degrade with time and use

Best For average Surround Sound: Polk Audio source Center Speaker

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The polk audio audio source center speaker is capable of outshining several other speaker featured in this list in overall features in its price range. This center speaker sounds really nice and is very affordable. It features a power port that is designed for bigger, more efficient, deep bass impact, and enables better blending with a subwoofer. It fits infront of the screen without blocking the view. It's very light and the 1/4"-20 threaded insert on the rear makes it easy to fabricate a "custom" $3 mount with a carriage bolt, a pipe bracket, and a hose clamp.

The size is compact and the sound is great. It has Crisp and distinc sounds. The range drivers coupled with lens technology deliver smooth highs, superior audio detail and pinpoint imaging. It is also aesthetically pleasing to look at for a central speaker.

Why We Like This:

Makes a nice gift for a college dorm room
Perfect fit for the samsung 55 inch flact screen with the chrome legs
Delivers what they promise

Best For An above average Speaker: Definitive Technology Audio source Center Speaker

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We would, of course, be remiss if we didn't mention definitive technology audio source center speaker for daily purpose. This center channel speaker registers as a " small " speaker by the yamaha sound setting system. The 1000 has woofer type verbirators on each end that allows bass voices to come out of the center speaker, the high and mid range tones are also fantastic. The dialogue in movie scenes is noticeably clearer and the male voice sounds much more realistic. It is the key to getting intelligible dialog and true-to-life sound effects.

The tweeter and active woofer are front mounted and the passive drivers are mounted on the sides. The setup sound quality is very nice. The speaker can definitely handle the explosive volume of john wick and the super hero movies.

Why We Like This:

Simply elegant and beautiful with crisp, clear dialogue
Integrates well into home theater system
Great speaker to add for your surround sound
Compact size allows several instillation options

Best For Voice Clarity: JBL Audio source Center Speaker

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The JBL Stage is an advanced, home-stereo/home-theater speaker system that offers you the thrill of a live-concert experience, all in your living room. It can be used as a center channel loudspeaker of the JBL stage series of speakers. It is designed to be a center channel speaker.

The center speaker is a surround sound set up with other speakers, but it does not create a simulated surround sound on its own. It just mounts to the wall via 2 tiny screws. There are no separate brackets available but it is set up to be wall mountable as well. This is a passive speaker.

Why We Like This:

6 x 3" (76mm) polycellulose low-frequency woofer
Hooks up with just 2 wires from avr
Great sound in a compact form factor
Looks good, good build quality, audio and dialogue are clear

Best For watching Movies: NHT Audio source Center Speaker

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Compared with other speaker in this category, the nht audio source center speaker has a convenient design. The NHT speakers come equipped with professional grade, nickel plated 5-way binding posts so that you can use banana plugs, bare wire, or spade lugs to connect your speakers. The sound is just there, with proper imaging and a wide soundstage. The speakers are also driven by a 200 watt/channel McIntosh integrated amplifier, a very stable power source for this low impedance (4 ohm, minimum) load. The mids are natural sounding and really all vocals shine.

This entire line is acoustic suspension, which gives an accurate, flat and honest depiction of the source material. The frequency response is virtually ruler flat.

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