CEDIA 2017

The sound rooms lining one side of the show floor featured loads of great projection and surround demos (thank you, GoldenEar, Meridian, and Emotiva). Many featured in-walls. One of the few to feature new freestanding speakers in our beat was RBH.

The system featured a pair of the SV831 ($2520/each) which sat atop the SV1212 dual 12-inch sub ($2590/each) flanking the SV821C center ($1900) with SV661W surrounds ($1350/each), SV6500 towers serving as back-surrounds ($4400/pair), and the in-ceiling SI744 for height. Note that Reference versions of these products (with the R designation) cost more.

The sound was confident and dynamic, kind of like being held in the palm of a giant's hand, with excellent imaging and room coverage thanks to the ribbon tweeters.