Originally Posted by Ronnie
Originally Posted by Roger
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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