Wharfedale – Elysian C Center Channel Speaker (Piano Black) **OPEN BOX**

Elysian C Center-Channel Speaker Sings with Authority, Helping Create a Transformative, Immersive Listening Experience

With Wharfedale’s Elysian series, the design and performance of the center-channel speaker is just as important as any other aspect of the system. The Elysian C speaker is more than just a “team player” that meshes seamlessly with audio from other speakers. It offers sonics with tremendous authority and realism, allowing you to hear just how important a center-channel speaker can be to the overall, immersive experience of watching a film with a great soundtrack, or of listening to a precisely engineered recording.

Operating in a three-way configuration, the speaker is fitted with custom, glass-fiber matrix cone bass units. Terminated with a highly flexible rubber surround and driven by a specially developed low-distortion motor system, the 8.5-inch bass units are capable of reaching down below 27Hz. The result is grab-you-by-the-collar impact and stunning bass excitement that offer a totally immersive theater experience. Hearing sound this great at home might reduce the likelihood of driving to your local cinema. And you might find yourself hosting more social events in order to share the experience with your arts-loving friends.

Incorporating innovative technology found in the Elysian 2 and Elysian 4 models, this center-channel speaker utilizes a proprietary woven glass fiber matrix mid-range. This structure provides a superb combination of low mass and high strength, with the addition of a high-plasticity coating to control its acoustic behavior. With such a low-mass cone, only a low-damping, foamed, rubber-like material would match for the surround—which is coated for durability. A linearized output across a wide bandwidth, even off-axis, enhances a natural response to the music that can be heard anywhere the listener wishes to sit. Your days of worrying about placing chairs in a narrow “sweet spot” are finally gone.

Meticulously tuned for optimal performance, the combination of drivers brings a new level of vocal tangibility and soundstage presentation. The musical timing, spacious presentation, and precision in delivery means that Elysian C might just change your mind about what a center-channel speaker is capable of accomplishing: Soundtracks will fully come to life, and cinematic scenes will explode with unprecedented energy.

Beautifully finished, the Elysian speaker cabinets are designed to enhance the acoustic output of the drivers and provide a piece of furniture of which you can be proud. Handcrafted veneers are enhanced by true piano finish lacquers, hand-polished to six levels of depth. This exquisite touch offers a truly standout aesthetic, unmatched at this price-point.

The center-channel speaker is available in a variety of finishes, and it comes with the 100% Music Direct Satisfaction Guarantee.

Improving the Sound

The Elysian series is the result of the most ambitious research and development project in Wharfedale’s storied 90-year history. The design team took on the goal of retaining all the aspects that audiophiles have traditionally admired about the “British sound,” such as warmth, intimacy, freedom from listening fatigue, and uncolored response. Simultaneously, the engineers sought to improve the qualities that today’s audiophiles value so dearly, such as fine detail retrieval, spacious, three-dimensional imaging, and freedom from enclosure-induced colorations. Additionally, the design brief noted that the products must be beautiful and finely finished enough to be worthy of placement in the world’s finest homes and galleries.