Product Description

The RC-Mini Center is the perfect combination of style and performance. With an incredibly small physical size, the RC-Mini Center is capable of being installed in almost any location, while delivering an audio performance that will have you convinced that you are a part of the recording. The Ribbed Elliptical Surround Kevlar woofers are capable of delivering impressive bass and midrange output and the 1" Aluminum Dome tweeter sparkles over its entire operating range. With its magnetic logo, the RC-Mini Center is capable of double duty, as it can be used in a horizontal or vertical orientation. There is even an optional mounting bracket for the RC-Mini Center, allowing it to be installed in any custom application.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23922 in Consumer Electronics
• Color: Black
• Brand: Energy
• Model: 11138
• Dimensions: 4.75" h x 13.75" w x 6.63" l,

Features

• Single compact center channel speaker designed for a large or small space surround sound solution
• Equipped with a 1" aluminum dome tweeter and two 4.5" Kevlar(TM) cone woofers
• Patented Ribbed Elliptical Surround technology
• Frequency response: 78Hz-23000Hz +/- 3dB
• May be wall mounted horizontally or vertically

From the Manufacturer
The RC-Mini and RC-Mini Center are two speakers that prove amazing things do come in small packages. The diminutive size would imply a lack of performance, but their blood line is rich with Energy brand technology and sonic accuracy. Based on the Reference Connoisseur series, the RC-Mini and RC-Mini Center have beautiful finishes in a variety of colors. The furniture-grade cabinetry offers unparalleled quality and workmanship.

RC-Mini Center: The Center of Attention

High-quality components make the RC-Mini Center head of its class

High-end furniture style meets high-tech engineering in the RC-Mini Center. With an incredibly small physical size, the RC-Mini Center is capable of being installed in almost any location, but delivers an audio performance that will have you convinced that you are a part of the recording. The RC-Mini Center's small stature is complemented by its professional-cabinetry-quality finish. Despite its size, the patented Ribbed Elliptical Surround Kevlar TM woofers are capable of delivering impressive bass and midrange output, while the 1-inch Aluminum Dome tweeter sparkles over its entire operating range.

Attention to detail is a major focus, and the RC-Mini Center does not disappoint. Incredible amounts of work went into developing the unique weave of material used in the Kevlar woofer cones, which allow the RC-Mini Center to perform the way it does. With its magnetic logo, the RC-Mini Center is capable of double duty: it can be used in a horizontal or vertical orientation. This allows RC-Mini series speakers to be used front left/center/right, ensuring perfect tonal balance and timbre matching. There’s even an optional mounting bracket for the RC-Mini Center, which allows it to be installed in any custom application.

The Energy Advantage

Energy brand speakers are the culmination of over 30 years of scientific research and development in acoustics, speaker engineering and manufacturing. The philosophy of design behind every Energy brand product has its foundation in our pioneering study with the Canadian National Research Council (NRC) almost 20 years ago, which lead to incredible breakthroughs in speaker technology. Understanding how people listen has led us to three simple, yet vital factors that are the basis for the Energy brand’s speaker design and construction. These factors are flat on-axis frequency response, wide and constant dispersion, and low distortion.

Flat On-Axis Frequency Response with Wide Bandwidth

Flat frequency response is the ability of a speaker to reproduce the entire audio range in a uniform manner. By ensuring that no one frequency dominates over any other, Energy ensures that every sound is reproduced the way it was intended, as naturally as possible.

Wide and Constant Dispersion

This refers to sound—at all frequencies—which radiates from the loudspeaker, ideally in an even pattern, in all directions throughout the listening environment. In nature, sound radiates all around us. A speaker must be able to reproduce this as accurately as possible, thus spreading the sounds we hear constantly, consistently.

Low Distortion & Resonance

While no speaker system is totally devoid of distortion or resonance characteristics—speaker systems with as much as 25-30% Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) at bass frequencies can still be considered "high end"—Energy consistently achieves significantly lower distortion levels in its entire line of speaker products. It's an improvement that is clearly audible.

A Constant Pursuit of Excellence

This basic Energy philosophy hasn't changed in over 30 years, yet our extensive research methodology and the available technology and materials have steadily improved, enabling Energy to continue to manufacture speaker systems that achieve outstanding performance through consistent improvements to all of these three critical parameters.

We’re constantly working on designing new and improved speakers. Our engineers and designers are diligently working to better reproduce sound in the most realistic manner possible. Years of expertise and the best measuring and testing equipment available allow us to continue to push the boundaries of sound reproduction.

Customer Reviews

Unbeatable looks and sound in a tiny package
Energy has always been an underrated speaker company, flying under the radar compared to more well-known Canadian brands like Paradigm. They have unbeatable bang for the buck, and these RC-minis are yet another of their winning products.

You simply cannot match the fit and finish of the RC speakers at the price, period. The real-wood rosenut and cherry veneers are absolutely stunning, this is not some cheap vinyl fake wood-grain laminate. This is real, furniture grade wood veneer, and will blend beautifully with any decor.

Plus, of course, this speaker sounds great. Obviously, you can't get huge sound from a small speaker, there are physical constraints. But the RC-Mini will absolutely blow away any little micro-sat center speaker, the tweeter is so smooth and refined and it has legitimate extension down to almost 100Hz (i.e. no giant hole in your midrange when blended with a sub).

You do have to cross it over at 100 or 120Hz, but most tiny sats will need a 150Hz crossover or higher and you get major blending/localization issues with your sub, which should never be trying to go that high anyway.

If you have limited space constraints, and want a speaker that will sound great and look even better, take a serious look a the RC-Minis. If you have the room the full-size RC's are even better, with the same stunning wood veneer finish.