It's official: The 4C will not experience the inside of the velvet bag for a return trip home (at least not until Dec when I upgrade to the 5C). As mentioned in my previous post the 4C's coherence and level of smoothness is remarkable. The silk dome tweeter it seems is the star...combine its forward presentation and the ability to retrieve loads of detail make it one charmer of a center. In the 2005 War of the Worlds Morgan Freeman's intro captures your attention with clarity and depth. Musically, the 4C exhibited some unexpected visceral midrange qualties; like the in-your-face sultriness of Janiva Magness' "One Heartache Too Late" and the soothing Celtic fiddle + acoustic guitar of Liz Knowles' "The Gift of Falling". Changing gears it also handled very well the speed and multiple frequencies of Bit Crushers' "Sullivan Room Vol 2" electronica piece, on this song the 4C not only kept up but wanted more, an esoteric quality you see in more expensive speakers.
With all this praise however it must be added it does have its dymanic limits due to its size. I will confirm though this guy delivers full sound to the room size it was engineered for, no problem. There's also a very nice timbre match with my Axiom M3ti mains. Both speakers are designed for smoothness and neutrality. I don't think I could have selected a better match. Nice job Aperion... all around.
Axiom 3ti (Main), BIC V1220 (Sub) , Aperion 4C (Center), Polk RSM (Surrounds), Denon 1906 (AVR) and Yamaha DVD C-750 (DVD/CD/SACD)