Leading the industry

Definitive has always led the industry with the best-sounding shielded center channels available, and the C/L/R 3000 is no exception. Optimum surround sound home theater reproduction places heavy demands on the center channel speaker, which in many respects is the main speaker in the system and often handles 50% or more of the program material. It is no place to compromise and settle for second best. Because of this, Definitive pioneered the concept of full frequency range high-definition center-channel speakers. Definitive's center channels and C/L/Rs are consistently rated as the best available, and have won numerous Audio Video Grand Prix Center Channel of the Year Awards. Their current offerings are the best ever, all featuring wide frequency response and extended dynamic range with extraordinary detail and articulation. The C/L/Rs are also superb as matching center, left, and right channel speakers and can be positioned horizontally or vertically. The C/L/R 3000 features a non-resonant monocoque cabinet with Linkwitz-Riley crossover networks, pure aluminum dome tweeter, and die-cast-basket bass/midrange drivers in D'Appolito arrays.

Feature stacked on feature

All Definitive center channels and C/L/Rs are designed with the same rigid standards and high performance goals as their main left and right front speakers. The C/L/R 3000 includes state-of-the-art features like high-definition polymer coned cast-basket bass/midrange drivers with butyl rubber surrounds, a wide dispersion pure aluminum dome tweeter with magnetic fluid cooling, complex Linkwitz-Riley crossover networks, a solid non-resonant monocoque cabinet with a diffractionless grill/baffle interface, and effective magnetic shielding incorporating both metal shield and dual field canceling magnets. All center channels and C/L/Rs have been voiced (timbre-matched) with the same sonic signature as all of Definitive's front main speakers. The C/L/R 3000 will also, because of its true full-range quality and linear response, often provide better performance and do a better job matching other companies' main speakers than their own. On top of all this, the C/L/R 3000 is Dolby Digital AC-3 ready.

Revolutionary power makes a dramatic audible difference

The revolutionary new C/L/R 3000 features a powerful built-in powered subwoofer driven by Definitive's Infinite Power Source Technology amplifiers. This upward-firing long-throw woofer only requires 1" of clearance, so it works perfectly whether you open-mount your center channel or put it in a cabinet. Remember: The purpose of putting a subwoofer in the center channel, beyond putting more bass energy into the room, is really to add full range bass and sub-bass capability to the center channel itself. The difference this makes is absolutely audible and very dramatic. This gives you a truly full dynamic range capable/full frequency range capable center channel, which allows you to set the center channel setting on your Dolby Digital decoder to large and fully realize the performance potential of the full range center channel program material as it was intended to be reproduced by the director.

Using three matched C/L/Rs across the front

Because of their superb full-range response and quality of reproduction, the C/L/Rs may be used as matching left main, center, and right speakers when installation requirements dictate this type of system. They may be placed either horizontally or vertically. In fact, the C/L/Rs were designed with this very much in mind and offer truly incredible dynamic range, high-definition clarity, extended linear response, three-dimensional pinpoint imaging and overall performance which is truly state-of-the-art for music and home theater reproduction. Definitive's C/L/R-based home theater systems have won many honors including Sound & Vision's prestigious Critic's Choice Award. And a C/L/R-based system using Definitive powered C/L/Rs with built-in subwoofers, such as the C/L/R 3000, either with or without a separate outboard subwoofer is absolutely stupendous and offers the absolute state-of-the-art performance for shelf, in cabinet, and custom built-in systems.

Comparison Specifications

• Recommended amplifier power: 20 - 400 watts
• Nominal impedance: 4 - 8 ohms
• 1" pure aluminum dome tweeter
• Two cast-basket 6.5" upper-bass/midrange drivers in D'Appolito arrays
• One cast basket 10" sub with one 150-watt RMS amplifier
• Frequency response: 19 Hz - 30 kHz
• Non-resonant monocoque cabinet
• Magnetic shielding: both metal shield and dual field canceling magnets
• Auto on/off: signal sensing

Additional Specifications

• Linkwitz-Riley crossover networks
• Wide dispersion pure aluminum dome tweeters with magnetic fluid cooling
• Diffractionless grill/baffle interface
• Full-range quality and linear response
• Dolby Digital AC-3 ready

Dimensional Specifications

• Dimensions: 25" W x 8.31" H x 16" D
• Weight: 55 lbs.

Definitive Technology C/L/R 3000 Black Warranty Details

Five-year loudspeaker driver, crossover & cabinet warranty

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