Name: Airmotiv XC1 Center Channel Loudspeaker
Brand: Emotiva Audio Corporation
SKU: SPK-AIR-CHAN-XC1-CTR
Price: 229.0 USD
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Airmotiv XC1 Center Channel Loudspeaker

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The Airmotiv XC1: A Compact Yet Powerful Three-Way Center Channel Speaker. It features a 25mm x 32mm folded ribbon tweeter, a 4.5” woven fiber midrange, and dual 5.25” woofers, making it an ideal centerpiece for any high-performance home theater. Its compact design perfectly matches all Airmotiv speakers, ensuring it's the go-to choice for quality sound in smaller spaces. The XC1's versatile design allows for vertical placement or as part of an L-C-R speaker set, with a rotatable tweeter for optimal sound in any setup.

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Airmotiv X Loudspeakers: Redefining A Legacy

Introducing the Airmotiv X Loudspeakers - a blend of our best product design and high performance. These speakers are crafted for the ultimate audio goal: to convey the full sound spectrum with minimal distortion to bring out the best in any audio, from classical tunes to rock anthems and even blockbuster movies.

Transforming a basic electrical signal into a rich musical experience, your loudspeakers are crucial in any audio setup. They are the heart of music's emotional impact. Quality speakers don't just play sound; they create an immersive listening adventure.

Whether you're an audiophile with a stereo system or seeking a top-tier home theater experience, Airmotiv X fits perfectly. We've meticulously merged superior technical prowess, exceptional sound clarity, stylish design, and value in Airmotiv X to create our best speakers yet.

New Airmotiv Aesthetics

Our new Airmotiv X loudspeakers feature a new modern design aesthetic. The cabinets on the towers are slender and graceful. The front panels feature a very gentle edge bevel, which is attractive and helps reduce diffraction. The magnetically attached grills, with their rounded corner details, finish the presentation. In addition to the elegant satin lacquer finish on the front panels, we've added smooth trim rings that conceal the driver mounting hardware and help control diffraction while giving the new Airmotiv X loudspeakers a more sophisticated and finished appearance.

Revamped Performance Design

The new Airmotiv X loudspeakers also feature new and improved touches taking them to a higher level than ever before for Airmotiv. The new Airmotiv X Loudspeakers feature a rotatable folded ribbon tweeter with an improved waveguide, allowing users to configure the speaker to fit their specific system layout. The towers are structurally reinforced with internal window bracing and lined with thick Dacron for optimal sound dampening. Every speaker includes an internal-mounted crossover and efficient wire routing, ensuring efficient performance and serviceability. The robust, over-one-inch thick multi-layer front panel enhances rigidity. The driver layout is optimized for superior sound quality, complemented by non-parallel midrange walls to reduce internal reflections, delivering an exceptional acoustic experience.

Product Features

Discover the XC1

The new Airmotiv X loudspeakers share the same heritage of design sophistication, manufacturing quality, and the ability to deliver a truly awesome listening experience.

Here are a few of the more important and interesting features of the Airmotiv XC1→

A Testament to Superior Sound Design

The XC1 is a versatile three-way center channel or L-C-R speaker, featuring a 32mm Airmotiv folded ribbon tweeter, a 4.5” woven glass fiber cone midrange, and dual 5.25” woofers. This combination, along with a precision crossover equipped with audiophile-grade film capacitors and air-core inductors, ensures exceptional sound clarity and depth.

Closeup of Airmotiv X loudspeaker woofer

The Three-Way Marvel

The XC1's cabinet is crafted from heavily braced, acoustically inert HDF, ensuring minimal sound distortion. The front panel's satin finish lacquer and contoured trim rings around each driver enhance the speaker's aesthetic appeal, while the textured vinyl covering provides durability and style.

Sleek and Functional

Adding to its sophisticated design, the XC1 features a removable, magnetically attached grill with elegant corner details and a solid metal Emotiva badge, showcasing the brand's commitment to quality and craftsmanship.

Versatility in Orientation

The XC1 offers versatile placement options with its rotatable tweeter and grill badge, allowing it to be used horizontally as a center channel speaker or vertically as part of an L-C-R setup, catering to various audio configurations.

Closeup of Airmotiv XC1 center channel speaker back terminals

Customizable Audio

Enhance your listening experience with the XC1's bi-amp terminals, providing independent access to the woofer and midrange/tweeter sections for bi-amping or bi-wiring, allowing for sound customization to suit individual preferences.

Seamless Integration

The XC1 is perfectly timbre-matched to integrate seamlessly with both the latest Airmotiv X loudspeakers and older models, ensuring a cohesive audio experience across your entire sound system.

Our Commitment to Quality

The XC1's full five-year transferable warranty underlines our confidence in its lasting performance and durability, highlighting our dedication to quality and customer satisfaction in every aspect of our products.

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FAQ

The XC1 is a three-way compact center channel loudspeaker featuring a folded ribbon tweeter, a woven glass fiber midrange, and dual 5.25” woofers. It delivers exceptional clarity and depth while remaining versatile enough to serve as either a center channel or part of an L-C-R setup.

The XC1 is designed for home theater and high-performance audio systems. It’s an excellent choice for clear dialogue in the center channel role, or it can be rotated vertically for use as a left, center, or right speaker. Its compact size makes it especially suited for smaller to medium spaces.

The XC1 uses Emotiva’s signature Airmotiv folded ribbon tweeter for smooth, detailed highs, paired with precision crossover components and carefully braced cabinetry for reduced distortion. It’s also bi-amp/bi-wire capable, giving advanced users more flexibility in tuning performance.

Yes. The XC1 is timbre-matched to the full Airmotiv X lineup—both current and previous models—so it integrates seamlessly with your existing Emotiva system.

The cabinet is crafted from acoustically inert HDF with internal bracing and a satin-finished front panel. Magnetic grills, trim rings around each driver, and a solid metal badge give it a refined look to match its performance.

Product Reviews

5 stars: 45 (96%)
4 stars: 1 (2%)
3 stars: 1 (2%)
2 stars: 0 (0%)
1 star: 0 (0%)

Amazing

I'm running two as my desktop setup. Powered by two fosi ZA3's in mono. At first I found the tweeters a bit fatiguing. With a few hours of loud listening and positioning the speakers more off axis, it's perfect. I'm not using these in the most ideal environment but they're exactly what I was looking for. The low end extension is extremely impressive and I never think about turning my sub on. The mid range is perfect for my listening style. My biggest problem is I need a bigger desk now.

Serious good bookshelf speakers

Just received a pair of these, which will be used exclusively as music left and right speakers. If you need a pair of bookshelf speakers, these could work for you, and I suspect there's no better value at today's sales price, and probably even at the full price. They perform at a very high level. I listened to them briefly alone. They are balanced, with good reach into the bass and into the treble. There is sparkle at the high end but in no way excessive. They give you a very big sound, too. And all of this improves with a pair of subwoofers, which I use for all of my speakers. For many people, the issue may be where to put these. I use stands, put together for about $75 (using small printer carts and small monitor risers), that bring the speakers just a bit above 16 inches off the ground. I'm sure there are plenty of other options. These have the sound of towers but are very portable. Highly recommend.

These Centers are Amazing

I took the advice from the cheap audio man and the Emotive XC1 YouTube video and bought two of these monsters for my 2. 1 setup. I gotta say what a fantastic setup. Zero need for a center channel IMO and man do those speakers sing. Crystal clean audio, here instruments I’ve never heard in some of my favorite music. I turned off my MKII Speedwoofer to see how well they push out bass and honestly I was amazed. They are not rattling my pictures off the wall like the Speedwoofer but honestly you could rock out these two centers while you save up cash for the sub and not be disappointed. This is also the first time I heard a ribbon tweeter and I have been super happy with them, silky smooth not harsh like my Focal speakers I unfortunately have in my Jeep. Lastly Emotiva’s packaging is next level, a sturdy box inside a sturdy box wrapped in foam and the speakers in a soft bag, next level care and I really appreciated that! Customer for life…oh yeah I also bought their XB1’s, I will write another review for them, spoiler alert, they are way way way to nice to be my rear surround speakers like I bought them for. They are now loving live in my home office, keeping me entertained on the daily.

Pure and Honest

Bought these for our 3. 1 home theater system. This center speaker is beautiful, honest and pure.

For dialogue, you hear what the production and post production teams were intending for you to hear, no extra color, but still with a touch of warmth.

For music, it's also great, quite revealing, has a nice tight bass tone, nice even mid range and smooth high end.

I couldn't be happier with this system.

This is for those who want to hear things as the filmmaker and musician intended you to hear it.

Dialogue has never been clearer

I must admit I am a bit biased coming from an Emotiva C1+ which itself is a great center channel speaker. This XC1 gives you more of what the C1+ gives. I find that I can watch a tv show at lower volumes and the sound is crystal clear. When watching movies at reference volumes this thing absolutely shines. No one is beating it for what this unit costs. Period.

Sounds great to me

While I do wish they made a symmetrical version of this speaker with two 4.25 and 2 5.25 drivers I cannot say that I have heard anything in any movie that falls short in any way. Vocals and dialog are crystal clear. Gunshots, swords clanking etc have fantastic dynamic range. Delicate sounds, wind, characters whispering and so on are also reproduced with great clarity. I considered going to the XC3 but did not feel that any improvement would warrant the additional expense and size of that speaker. Overall very impressed.

Excellent Center with ability for Greatness

Purchased the XC1. Simply great. Clear in highs and mids. Good soundstage . and clear dialog. Excellent price for performance. You will ill not be let down . With that said, I wanted more performace out of it. What I suggest is not needed. Only if you are obsessive compulsive, have a need to tinker, know your way around electronics, and want to spent another 150 bucks more. . I changed all the film and electolitics caps to Mundorfs and Jantzen. Ok, not needed for performance and price point. But, OMG now the performance is to a whole new level. Wider soundstage, deeper bass, and even cleaner med with Cristal clear separation. Don't ask why, I just could. So I did. Fantastic buy.

Xc1 center

So I wanted to wait a bit before I made this review cause I wanted to break in the speaker . I still have the c1 Center speaker I noticed some differences the XC1 one is much bigger and longer and length and width. The tweeter seems a little smaller than the c1 and the c1 is much heavier This thing is lighter has the same size speakers as C 1. so I did a blind test on both and I have to say the CX1 has a more balanced sound. The tweeter sounds amazing. It’s way more clearer . I use Jurassic Park as a reference video and all nine of my speakers are Emotiva speakers. Except my subs they are stark . The pictures online don’t do this speaker Justice. The Xc1 is a nice looking speaker you could also use it as an LCR so all in all. I’m happy with my purchase. I wish emotiva would send me one of those XMC2 plus so I could see how it sounds cause I’m looking to get rid of my Sony es 5000 and get a real processor

XC1 Now but XC2 or XC3 next !!

Again, I have purchased Emotiva speakers for past 5 years and not once ever had any problems whatsoever!! Absolutely :100:% love the Emotiva speakers!! My HT speakers are all Emotiva now. . Get some, you'll be very glad you did!! Sounds absolutely fantastic :clap:

Good, but a little underwelmed

After buying XT1 that I absolutely love the detail< I decide to purchase the XT1 for my center channel. Though the center chanell content might be the issue, the tweeter does not seem to have anywhere the clarity of the XT1s. Kind of dull. Like I stated, it might be the lack of dynamics in the center channel source more than the speaker itsel. I gues my expectations were just set high after the dramatice upgrade of the XT1 in my sound sysem.

I replaced an old Advent center channel with this. . . wow, so much more detail. I also replaced my mini Advents with the XB1s and again, wow! But now my problem - the XB1s will move to rear surround and do I put LB12s for LR or get XT1s??

Fast shipping, product in excellent new condition, solid quality, very pleased.

This is a great center channel speaker which sounds great and blends in with the rest of my system seamlessly!

They make sounds.

I like them.

Shipping was fast, and the sound is beautiful. Much better to hear the dialog from my theater system. Can't wait to upgrade everything to Emotiva. Good job guys!

I love emotivas speakers. Well constructed, excellent sound, nice looking. Good quality.

Great sound

Glad to have upgraded. The speaker has clarity and power and warmth. A good purchase.

Very Clear

Speech is very understandable. Wide frequency response.

Great 2. 1 music and phantom center HT experience

I use these as a left and right pair in a 2. 1 music and phantom center 7. 1 home theater setup with YPAO room correction on my Yamaha RX-A780 receiver and it is a great pairing. That receiver has mains pre-out RCA jacks so I can use an external amp for the mains, but these speakers (being the only 4-ohm speakers in my setup) do not overheat my receiver as I thought they might based on a particular YouTuber's experience with the Airmotive speaker line on some good receivers. I have played music close to 90 decibels (C-weighted) at the listening position for hours and while the receiver was pretty hot by the end, it was by no means too hot.

My system is setup in a 12' X 11' bedroom and these speakers are on the shorter dimension wall and over a foot from that back wall with 5. 5' between them and are 5. 5' from the listening position on 28" sand-filled stands with the tweeter rotated 90° to accommodate the vertical mounting position they are in. So, my setup is nearly near field, but not quite. I also have the XC1 speakers toed in by about 15°.

I have run the Yamaha Parametric Audio Optimization routine with the included microphone for my receiver and the resulting EQ profile applied showed it was correcting for a bit of a suck out in the midrange (centered around 600Hz) and a comparatively small roll off in the highest frequencies (over 16KHz) but was otherwise rather flat and did not require almost any correction in my room. My previous speakers only needed a comparatively modest, but rather wide-band correction for a small peak in the lower midrange centered around 400Hz or so and we're otherwise pretty flat and uncorrected in room. Those were Canton GLE 470. 2 towers toed in the same 15°.

My listening impressions (with YPAO engaged) are best summarized by my experience with the song Stick Season by Noah Kahan, which has an echo of the singer's voice that seems to be caused by the recording space it was recorded in. With these speakers (on my RX-A780 built in 95-watt per channel amplification) that echo (at a low <60 decibel listening level) was so obvious and present I couldn't avoid hearing it. This is not the case with other speakers that I use in my living room (Fluance XL8S bookshelf speakers). Also, compared to the aforementioned Canton floorstanders, these XC1 speakers have a very sharp transient response. Whether it is a snare drum, a kick drum, a symbol, or an artist's finger snap the transient response is very fast. Imaging is also very good with these speakers, either with 2. 1 music setup or with a phantom center 7. 1 home theater setup. For instance, the aforementioned echo of the singer's voice in Stick Season seems to come from the sides and above me in a 2. 1 setup.

Overall I am extremely pleased with this purchase. I would have been at full retail, but the 20% discount I received with the Summer Sale helped me pull the trigger earlier than I could have otherwise, and I am grateful for the extra time I am having with this L/R pair of XC1's.

Love my speaker

The sound quality is amazing. I’m very happy with my center channel speaker and I’m looking forward into buying the xB2

Best speakers I've heard, better than Polk Legend

So if anyone was wondering these are the best speakers I've ever heard, these are better than the Polk legend series which I previously owned. I think my journey for best sound is almost over. Last thing is to biamp the speakers with monoblocks. With these speakers you just want to keep listening which I did for 5 hours and they sounded better over time. Make sure you have a good dac, like, I have the smsl su 10 dac which is the best dac they make, I have the WBC speaker wire, everything I have is best value to cost ratio, you can get them on Amazon and are the best I've found. I use Amazon music which has HD audio which is CD quality then it has Ultra HD and that is even better, cheapaudioman was right theses speakers are amazing hope I helped anyone looking to complete there audiophile journey.

This center channel speaker is INCREDIBLE! Great sound, super clear vocals, and just enough bass to add to the experience.

Airmotiv XC1 Center Channel Loudspeaker

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Product Overview

Airmotiv X Loudspeakers: Redefining A Legacy

New Airmotiv Aesthetics

Revamped Performance Design

Product Features

Discover the XC1

A Testament to Superior Sound Design

The Three-Way Marvel

Sleek and Functional

Versatility in Orientation

Customizable Audio

Seamless Integration

Our Commitment to Quality

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