Customer Reviews

Infinity BETAC360CH Cherry 3 Way Center Channel Speaker

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This center channel "Rocks" I'm using a Onkyo receiver TX-SR875 and this CC sounds as good as it gets crisp,clear and when it needs to bring it to you it will. It's main job is to reproduce dialog onscreen sound effects which it does superb. Also this thing is heavy and big I love the way it looks! I have it on a VTI stand and boy does it show power.

I've long been a fan of Infinity. Primarily their older lines (Kappa, Crescendo) with the Emit-R tweeters. One issue with the center channels of that era is that they don't get real low / bassy. The Beta 360 is way more of a "large" speaker. It gets down in the low HZ range so, you can really hear dialogue "growl" without having to rely on a subwoofer. But, the speaker is really big. It's not a low profile and not something you can easily squeeze below your TV. But, the size is necessary, I'm guessing for that dynamic range.

Sadly, Infinity is getting more and more away from good speaker design. This center is really more of a throwback, large boxes, heavy drivers, solid sound. While their newer designs look cool and slim, they aren't as meaty sounding. So, this is sort of the last of the great Infinity designs, even as these get phased out.

It is big and heavy and well built. It sounds great and does a wonderful job with dialogue. I've seen other reviews that say it is really big. Well, it is big. But I have a shelf over a 60" projection TV. It fits nicely up there and isn't unsightly or distracting. And it does really sound great. I couldn't be happier.