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I will probably upgrade center from the current 5000 to a 5200 or perhaps a 7200......and then hunt for 8000's If your goal is a pair of 8Ks then, providing you have space and funds, I would consider nothing less than a 7200HC for a centre. It matches the 8ks well and has enough power to keep up with them. Regards Carl
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Find a centre D6K
Its that simple..
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President of the Imperial Galactic Government
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Find a centre D6K
Its that simple.. If he is struggling to find room for a 5500HC or 7200HC I doubt he'll have room for a 6KC. 5500HC would probably voice match 6K's better if you decide to keep 6K's. But centers don't have to be a perfect voice match for movies IMHO.
Last edited by George Mills; 2011-02-19 22:52. Reason: fixed gibberish
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Centre is the most important speaker.
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Centre is the most important speaker. I've had an identical vertical centre speaker matching the front Left and Right, for about 12 years now........and I still don't think I could bring myself to make the above statement.........for either Music or Movies Yes, the Centre is important, but IMHO the Front L&R are still the most important speakers in the Room.........whether it's Two Channel Music (including Trifield processing) or 7.1 Movies on Bluray
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Certainly for cinema
A must for Trifield
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I agree with Ronnie, I believe I could change my 5.5�s for 6K�s and I could get away with my centre but that is just (IMHO)
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I will probably upgrade center from the current 5000 to a 5200 or perhaps a 7200......and then hunt for 8000's If your goal is a pair of 8Ks then, providing you have space and funds, I would consider nothing less than a 7200HC for a centre. It matches the 8ks well and has enough power to keep up with them. Regards Carl I can only agree with this, going for a center smaller than 5500HC to your D6k's is really detrimental to both Trifield and movies. I can also attest to going for 7200HC center if your goal is DSP8k's L/R.
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Centre is the most important speaker. I've had an identical vertical centre speaker matching the front Left and Right, for about 12 years now........and I still don't think I could bring myself to make the above statement.........for either Music or Movies Yes, the Centre is important, but IMHO the Front L&R are still the most important speakers in the Room.........whether it's Two Channel Music (including Trifield processing) or 7.1 Movies on Bluray For compelling reasons of practicality I have a 5k2VC between a pair of 8ks at the front of my a/v setup. I had always thought of the centre speaker as being the most important, so considered my arrangement at best eccentric and at worst stupid. So I look at it as a 5k2 front, with the benefit of 8ks for dynamics and range etc., rather than a compromised 8k front. A two-channel system can usually be set up optimally but with multi-channel there are invariably a host of complicating factors.
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Of course there are placement and financial restrictions. They are tough to deal with.
Yes you could argue some positions, but if allowed from top to bottom is the most desirable centre speaker:
DSP8000.2VC
DSP8000VC
DSP6000VC
DSP7200VC
DSP7200HC
DSP7000VC
DSP5500VC
DSP5500HC
DSP5200VC
DSP5000VC
DSP5200HC
DSP5000HC
DSP3200
DSP3100HC
DSP3100
DSP33
Last edited by Carl; 2011-02-21 09:29. Reason: Added 3200 & 33 - Just for completeness.
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Now this is handy (to a relatively new M owner). Does the same order apply to mains?
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Hi NiteSkye,
As a generalisation yes, but ignore all the HC (Horizontal) versions.
Regards,
Carl
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