Originally Posted by Sir Ron Ekim
Otherwise I'd look at 7000/8000s but I'm still married so they're out of the question.
Hi Sir,

Please take my lack of qualifications compared to the other HH'ers who replied into consideration and also my comparison is 5200 vs 5500. But your comment re 8k's possibly puts my experience into relevance.

I switched from a 5200 to 5500 centre in my system in a 12 x 18 room. The improvement was night and day. I could not imagine a 5000 system if you have the choice of 5500's.

Good luck,

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