Need for high quality powered center

I've posted more details including a 3D rendering on my blog:

https://speakermakersjourney.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-snr-c-concept.html

No thank you.

Why the need for active speaker in the center? I power my center from the HT reciever like most people and am pretty happy.

@carlsbad2 - Sir, this is an audiophile forum and good enough is not actually good enough! 😁

Now to answer why active instead of passive, if you have followed me at all you know I don’t push one over the other necessarily.

There were a number of features I realized I could combine into making a really superior center if I went with an active, DSP based solution. By choosing the driver sizes, crossover points, and delay to make a coherent whole I’ve achieved a "virtual point-source" center channel that behaves 95% like a true point source, with none of the drawbacks inherent AND gain control over the EQ of the center channel which my current receiver wont’ let me.

I not only want to try this as my center but if it works as I hope I may end up replacing all of my front speakers with the same "center" channel.

Not to mention, well, tons of low distortion, high output capabilities.

It looks great!  I love that you use a tweeter over a dedicated midrange as almost all the best centers do IMHO.  I’m no speaker designer, but the best center speakers I’ve ever heard have used that configuration.  If you design a passive version you’ll likely expand your potential market quite a bit.  Just a thought FWIW. 

@erik_squires 

When you listen to Frank Sinatra via atmos or an upmixer coming through that ACTIVE center channel you will never look back, SUBLIME! 

Did you know that Frank used a center channel in 3 channel stereo at home?