Micca MB42-C

A good center channel is a must have in any surround system. To really hear the voices and the movie sounds your system has to be led by a good center channel. I finally got around to addressing this in my system and I replaced my 15 year old cheap center channel with the mb42c. This speaker is very good. It gives you great sound for vocals and all those movie sounds you didn't even hear if you had no center channel. I also play music through it too and it rocks plenty good. I pair this with my surround system and a subwoofer. The combo Is awesome. I also bought the micca covos speakers too. When all are working together you get great sounds. I have it running through a Yamaha receiver. The base on the mb42c is plenty good and just adds to it when the sub is going. I love watching movies and football games now on my system. A good sound system really makes a good tv come to life. Without spending a lot micca allows us to have good speakers and not have to spend a ton of money. For us husbands it's a lot easier to convince the wives to buy a good sound system at these prices..:) Update 11/30/15 I added the crossover. I ordered it from micca for 19.00. It really does add to this speakers performance. I noticed more clarity in the vocals and the base got a lot more punch in it. The install was not hard and took me 10 minutes. I recommend that people put the crossover in to really experience the capability of this center channel. It was a good speaker before, but now wow it has more power, more punch and increased clarity. I'm no expert, but I do know it sounds great. Update 9/30/18 This speaker still working great. The sound is just as good as when first bought it. I'd buy micca again in the future. Good products at good prices.

I bought a pair of Micca MB42X’s a while back and they were such an excellent buy for the quality and sound that when it came time to outfit my bedroom with a 5.1 system I wanted to buy TWO MB42X-C’s to use as mains and move my MB42X’s to the rear, already having a great JBL studio series center and a Klipsch 10” sub to throw into the mix. But as I was poking around I found that the MB42-C was only $49, and the crossover kit was $20 per speaker from miccastore.com and seeing that I could do the easy install of the crossover it would save me $20 on the pair I went that route. Besides I like to tinker with my stuff so the install was fun for me to do. Not to mention I was planning on putting in some poly fill in the speakers as I do with all my bookshelf speakers, so I was going to take the drivers out anyway. For me buying the MB42-C and crossover kit instead of the MB42X-C’s was a win-win situation. Using the upgraded MB42-C as my main speakers was the best idea I’ve had in a while. They have the same great sound as the MB42X’s but with a little more mid-bass punch and can go a little louder as well. The Klipsch sub anchors the whole system and goes loud enough to make small children wet their pants. The upgraded MB42-C sounds so good it’s hard to believe I spent only $138 total for my main speakers. The highs are crisp and detailed, mids are warm and smooth, and the mid-bass has a solid punch and a very pleasing overall sound. You are not going to find a better speaker arrangement for less than $150 anywhere. Needless to say I am extremely happy with my purchase. I have a great sounding budget system that rivals systems I’ve heard that are twice to three times the price easily. Sure the MB42X-C’s have the slick magnetic grills and a mat finish as opposed to the black woodgrain (which I prefer) , but all my speakers go naked anyway, plus I had the fun of installing the crossover and saved $20 for EXACTLY the same sound. No matter how you go with Micca, you are going to be pleased and have a system that is going to sound like you spent WAY more than you did. What more could you ask for? So if you are thinking about getting this speaker, stop thinking and put it (or them – buy two or three!) in your cart and click on that checkout button! You won’t regret it. Update: Now that I've got multiple hours of burn in time with these, the sound really opened up. Speaker burn in is not just a myth. They are a mechanical device. The more I played them the better they sounded, the bass output especially. They are a warm, punchy speaker with exceptional voice characteristics. A friend just bought Klipsch Reference R-15M speakers and was equally impressed with my two MB42-C's with crossovers. One key is that you need to set your receiver to "large speaker" to get the full potential of these.

I bought this center channel because I wanted to have something in place for dialogue while saving up for a larger center channel. It does OK. I have to drive up the gain on my receiver to get the correct balance level. The tone is very flat and will take a bit of EQ adjustment to get it "just right". Good News: No Boomy Bass...because it barely has any. Seriously though, if you are looking for an $80 Center channel you know you will have some compromises. This is certainly better than the "Home theater in a box" center channels that the big-box stores carry. Construction is good and honestly, its a good looking speaker I will re-purpose in the future. Side Note: It's a lot smaller than I thought's it would be despite me reading the measurements on Amazon.

I bought this speaker for a center channel setup on a 5.1 system. I was lucky and picked it up on sale for $21. I also brought the crossover from the mica website and installed it. The process to install was very simple and it cost me $41 all together with extra xover. It was a great deal and sounds good. Of course the speaker is not full bass but I have not had any center speaker that was. It does have a good amount of bass for vocals and mixed with a subwoofer it is a perfect match. I would have even tried 2 for stereo setup with a sub but without a sub I would not expect room pounding bass. I would think this would be obvious but I seen some reviews saying not bassy enough and I just wanted to make note. It is a great deal on sale and even sounded good before the xover was installed. The xover just helps direct the frequencies better to the speakers that can handle that particular frequency and removes it from the ones that cannot handle those particular frequencies but it did sound good without it also. If you need a speaker I would recommend this and on sale it is like a steal. I could not be happier for the price I paid and quality. I had a really small cube for a center before this but this speaker sounds better and carries a great range for center sound. Just don't expect pounding bass.

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Très bonne enceinte, encore mieux que celle que j’ai remplacé. Utilisée en enceinte centrale, très puissante avec un son clair pour les voix, je recommande.

Very satisfied with this speaker sound quality very good overall build quality very good 👍👍👍👍👍

Use as a center channel in a small room. Sounds fine in the space it is in. No distortions at higher volumes (but can't get too high as it is a smaller space / room). For the space - it works fine. No issues.

Ich bin jetzt nicht der extrem Audiophile, aber ich habe schon seit längerem passive Boxen ungenutzt rumstehen gehabt. Also hab ich mir ein Sourround-Setup gebaut. Gefehlt hat nur ein passender Center und weil das Budget nicht mehr allzu groß war, kam dieser preislich gut daher. Er leistet bisher gute Arbeit für sein Einsatzgebiet. Dialoge on Filmen sind klar ein deutlich, klanglich hab ich nichts zu bemängeln. Aber bin ja wie schon erwähnt nicht der Profi was das angeht. Auf jeden Fall ein deutlicher Unterschied zum 2.0 Setup vorher.