Flagship SVS Ultra Evolution Pinnacle Delivers Big Openness and Enormous Depth: Each Floor-Standing Speaker Features Quad 8-Inch Woofers, Dual 5.25-Inch Midrange Drivers, and Time-Alignment Architecture

With Ultra Evolution Pinnacle, SVS brings to a flagship floor-standing loudspeaker the head-turning value, performance, build quality, and sleek looks that have made the company’s subwoofers such a huge success with audiophiles and cinephiles alike. Living up to its lofty name, Ultra Evolution Pinnacle combines advances in driver design, component materials, and cabinetry to play with crisp clarity, see-through transparency, full-range dynamics, and, true to SVS’ roots, enormous bass. Measuring 50.2 x 11.81 x 18.14 Inches (HWD), and boasting an extra-wide frequency response of 24Hz to 40kHz, this is a loudspeaker designed to deliver emotional highs and sonic thrills every time you listen. 

Named a Best of CES 2024 pick by Home Theater Review, Sound & Vision, and AVS Forum, each 96.7-pound speaker features a one-inch aluminum dome tweeter coated with a later of diamond carbon to improve rigidity and acoustic elements. You’ll enjoy airy, natural highs free of distortion as well as deeper low-frequency extension, resulting in a seamless blend with the midrange. Moreover, an organic cell lattice tweeter diffuser protects the dome and uses a semi-random pattern to improve off-axis response — and enlarge the sweet spot. 

And just wait ‘til you hear the mids and lows. Dual opposing eight-inch glass-fiber woofers located at the top and bottom of the cabinet — a force-balanced array — go deep and deeper still, with mechanical energy from each front-firing driver equaled inside the cabinet by the patterning rear-firing woofer. The upshot: No mechanical coloration and stunning purity and accuracy, no matter the volume level. Add to this arsenal two 5.25-inch glass-fiber midrange drivers that specialize in tonal balance and attention-getting dynamics. 

Ultra Evolution Pinnacle also goes to the limits in what you can’t see. Separate, acoustically tuned internal chambers for the drivers to optimize separation and diffuse resonances; a three-way crossover built with premium capacitors, inductors, and resistors to lets you experience the nuances, details, and weight that makes music come alive; and precision-cast aluminum-alloy baskets to ensure alignment of key components and maximize thermal dissipation. On the front of the exterior, you will notice a chambered front baffle to minimize edge diffraction and neodymium magnetic grilles that complement the speaker’s three gorgeous finishes. On the back, you’ll see dual wide-flared three-inch rear-firing ports.

Most obvious to the naked eye, the geometry of Ultra Evolution Pinnacle further accounts for its exceptional abilities. Its cabinets subscribe to acoustically centered time-alignment architecture, wherein the curved front baffle aligns the sonic emanation point of all drivers on a vertical plane to make certain the sound from each driver reaches your ears at the exact same instant. This maximizes phase coherence for a more convincing, immersive soundstage graced with sublime accuracy and imaging. The 0.75-inch cabinets themselves benefit from extensive bracing and insulation, providing an inert enclosure that prevents colorations. 

Rounded out with adjustable screw-in feet and gold-plated five-way binding posts, Ultra Evolution Pinnacle will change the way you think about price and performance. A  five-year manufacturer warranty ups the incentive.

Have questions? Contact a Music Direct audio consultant at 312-433-0200 for more information or to schedule a risk-free in-home audition.

“Aided by attention to detail in cabinet construction and bracing, including 25mm-thick front and rear baffles, the Ultra Evolution Pinnacle crafts huge, atmospheric soundstages that are underpinned by deep, energetic bass and peppered with detail – all without being too demanding of partnering amplification.”
—EISA Award, 2024-2025, Best Premium Loudspeakers

"With fine execution of a complex design, high-quality components, and spectacular musical performance, the Ultra Evolution Pinnacle SVS has raised the bar on what's possible at and near its price. For anyone aiming to assemble a first high-end music system with limited funds and a sufficiently large room, the Pinnacles are a game changer. The quality-to-cost ratio may be unprecedented. They are a true hi-fi bargain."
—Sasha Matson, Stereophile

“Bass was impressively deep but also controlled and tight. What really took me aback was how neutral the midrange sounded and how refined the highs were. A superbly voiced loudspeaker.”
—SoundStage Access