Definitive Technology ProCenter 1000 Compact Center Speaker (Black)

The Q Acoustics 3000i series was being discontinued as I purchased its tower and surround speakers. Couldn't find the 3090ci center channel anywhere for a decent price to round out my home theater setup.SO, I tried the Procenter 1000 after extensively reading online reviews. Most mentioned clear dialogue and capable all-around sound for music and t.v. shows, especially for its modest price and dimensions. And some noted its compatibility with other speaker brands.It sounds fantastic in my smallish living room. Importantly, it complements the Q Acoustics speakers.I could be missing timbre discrepancies that serious audiophiles might object to. But I pay attention more than many, and appreciate what I'm hearing with the Procenter 1000.My opinion: Give it a try!Five stars *****.

We recently had to replace our much loved JBL wireless sub that we thought was a great sub. It was replaced with the Definitive Technology SuperCube 4000 for which I have not yet posted a review but check it out in a day or so as I can tell you it will get 5 stars. Getting the new sub for some reason inspired me to go about replacing the whole surround sound system which was, or partially still is an older, maybe 12 years old Bose Accoustimass 5.1 system which I didn't think I'd ever give up. Well, I decided to by to Definitive Technology BP6B's floor standing Bipolar speakers. Again, I invite you to check there in a day or so for my 5 star review.Okay, now on to the Definitive Technology ProMonitor 1000 center channel speaker. After a few days of listening to the new speakers mentioned above along with the remaining Bose center and satalites my wife said she thought we could really benefit from a new center channel speaker because she felt that the tiny Bose speaker was lacking in the full sometimes warm sound especially when listening to male voices. That same feeling also seems to affect female voices as they can sound too shrill or just missing out on some lower midrange that makes it sound great. I began comparing all of the Def Tech center channel speakers omitting some that were out of our affordability. It came down to the ProMonitor1000 and 2000 models. I chose the 1000 for several reasons. The 2000 was a bit large for where it needed to be placed and wall mounting it was not an option. We have a fairly mid sized living area and I felt that the 1000 would be more than adequate at handling the duty of a center channel speaker. Price wasn't really a big problem when comparing it to the 2000 but since I didn't feel that we needed a larger speaker that we really didn't have the room for the 1000 was my choice.Well, it arrived and we set it up a few days ago and we were totally blown away by the difference it made. We of course used the automatic speaker setup feature of our Pioneer receiver and accepted those settings making no changes. When we used the Bose speaker I sat listening trying to imagine what I thought it should sound like and that is very difficult to do. We have to give the highest marks to the 1000's as they do exactly what I would expect a great center channel speaker do. It is very hard to describe what has changed with the sound. Since we had a little time to use the floor standing BP's with the Bose we are convinced that the PM 1000 changed the sound field that was being produced for the center channel dramatically. Some male voices have a certain husky sound to them and others just need to sound deep and warm. The PM 1000 brought that to life and we sat for hours listening to all sorts of program types from music to movies. The midrange speakers along with the tweeter really helped to bring out all of the mid and upper frequencies needed for female voices whether they are speaking dialogue or singing. The sound is truly amazing. Unless you have a fairly large area that you are trying to fill with sound this speaker should do well at creating accurately the sound that you should expect to hear from a center channel speaker. A large listening area might require the PM2000 which a little bit larger. Definitive Technology is the company to buy from and Amazon is an authorized dealer. I also advise that you buy from an authorized dealer and that information can be gotten from their web page.

After endless searching, I found the one.Recently I've decided it's time for an upgrade of my surround system. I recently bought an Onkyo receiver and am upgrading my speakers one by one and thought I'd begin with the centre channel speaker.After searching for many hours and reading many reviews, constantly skipping over Definitive Technology I decided I'd read into the brand.Many people on here seem blown away by the performance and price of this speaker, so I decided to give it a shot! As I live in Australia, I took a risk and bought it without listening to it first. It arrived a week earlier then expected, so I pulled it out and hooked it up, replacing my previous cheap centre speaker. I began watching TV and then a good action movie. WOW... It's loud! My previous centre speaker had to be turned up quite a bit, I had to turn this centre speaker down a lot just so it didn't drain out my cheap (but pretty good sounding) floor standing speakers.I realise this speaker will take a long time to break in (50 hours I've read) but straight out of the box from my experience, it is superb quality and sounds great. It's also a lot smaller then most centre speakers so it fits almost anywhere perfectly. The dialogue was very crisp and clean and didn't sound muffled at all. The sound fills the room and carries quite a distance which is all I want from a centre channel speaker.To summarise, this speaker sounds great and it's LOUD. It makes my floor standers sound, well.. crappy. I'm going to purchase all Definitive Technology speakers to complete my new set up. You won't be disappointed at the price and sound of this product.