The centre speaker does the majority of the heavy lifting in any home cinema system – but that doesn’t mean a centre speaker must look like a heavyweight. Thanks to the compact dimensions of the 2½” (64 mm) C-CAM mid-range driver with a MPD high-frequency transducer module, and the 6½” (165 mm) RDT II bass drivers either side, Gold C250 is a three-way design without the big footprint you might expect.

Its wide dispersion characteristics make it a wide-screen listen, and it’s adaptable enough to sit happily between any of the speakers in the Gold Series.