Centre Speakers - Piega
A centre speaker is often regarded as most important speaker in a home cinema 5.1 speaker set-up as the centre channel is often used for speech and direct front centre action, handling the vast majority of this vital task. For this reason, we recommend selecting a centre speaker that integrates well with at least your other front speakers. Ideally, select the same brand and same level of speakers for the front and centre channels (for example if you use KEF R-series speakers on the fronts, we'd recommend using a KEF R-series centre speaker). We also sell pre-selected 5.1 speaker packages.
Founded in Switzerland in 1986, Piega manufacture premium loudspeakers with superior sound quality that reflects the founders passion to replicate the original sound source.
To this day Piega is still committed to creating premium grade transducers in an appealing façade. The company values innovativeness, the cultured use of resources and their valour for fresh challenges are vital to creating loudspeakers, which continually improve sound reproduction. Piega’s ethos is to significantly surpass this demands of "as precise as a Swiss clock" when designing speakers in their workshops.
The Piega team includes highly experienced veteran employees who mainly work independently based, with a supportive management style this enables everyone to enjoy their projects. The workers dexterity is evident in their precision work, while autonomous thinking and enthusiasm in the products and music are prerequisite for driven employees.
Piega is internationally renowned for their ribbon driver technology and one-piece aluminium housings, which are credited for the exceptional sound characteristics of their loudspeakers. The innovations have led to perceptible quantifiable and qualitive benefits which have been endorsed multiple times by the industry press, and this has led them to having an incessantly growing fan base.
Visually aesthetic demands of loudspeaker designs have transformed drastically in the past 30 years but Piega remain significant in all aspects of design.
In total Piega have created 96 diverse loudspeakers and, remarkably, many early models are still in used, continually giving their listeners delight and energy. Piega has received a multiple industry awards, prizes, certificates, medals and trophies over the years, which proves their commitment to high standards. Some of the many awards won include Swiss HiFi Award 2001, Stereosound Grand Prix 2003, 2006 and 2014, DVD Innovation for Piega 4, Visual Grand Prix 2006, Highlight HiFi Test 2007, dtown Gold Award 2011, Audio Excellence Award 2013 as well as X Plus Awards in Design and High Quality.
Centre speakers typically use two main drivers as well and a tweeter. As suggested, in order to tonally match this with the rest of your equipment and deliver optimum stereo integration and imaging, it is highly recommended that the centre speaker is purchased to match the rest of your equipment. Using the same type of driver and tweeter across the whole of the front (and ideally rear) of your Surround Sound Speaker System is ideal, as it ensures that coherency and integration is maintained throughout your AV system. While we cite choosing speakers from the same range as being ideal, the reasoning is, for example, that pairing front channel speakers using dome tweeters with a centre speaker that uses a ribbon tweeter would be less than ideal, as there would be two differing presentations of high end frequencies, which could result in a confused and incoherent soundstage and imaging.
Thankfully, most manufacturers design their centre speakers to tonally and aesthetically match their other speakers, meaning that pairing with your AV kit is a breeze. If your existing kit is older or discontinued, our dedicated and knowledgeable team is always happy to assist with advice or demonstrations to help find the ideal centre speaker to integrate seamlessly with your equipment. We also offer free UK delivery, so you can be setup and ready to go in no time.
One factor to consider when purchasing is the height of the speaker, as typically it will be positioned beneath a TV, so ensuring it is not too large and blocking your TV is essential. Much like typical hi-fi and AV speakers, a centre speaker will usually perform better on a dedicated speaker stand. While they may be suitable for use, most speaker stands come in pairs. However, we also offer a range of centre speaker stands, which are available singly, and are designed to accommodate the wider footprint, and also tend to be of a lower height in order to position the speaker beneath a TV.
A dedicated speaker stand will position your speaker at the ideal listening height for optimum stereo imaging and integration. It will also assist in preventing unwanted resonance from affecting the sound your speaker produces. Many stands are fillable, which will add stability to the stand, as well as improving bass depth and authority.
Manufacturers are aware that an AV speaker system can be as much a piece of furniture as it is a functional piece of equipment and, with this in mind, many centre speakers are designed and built to the highest standard from a range of real woods and veneers. We stock a wide range of centre speakers, ranging from entry level models to high end, with a choice of styles and finishes to suit every taste and requirement. Some models are designed to be exceptionally slim, making them much easier to accommodate and position than their full-sized counterparts.
Centre Speakers - Piega
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