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Thinking about upgrading my DSP5000C 96/24 to DSP5200HC. Worthwhile performance upgrade? My mains L/R are DSP5500 96/24.

The best sonic match is a DSP5500HC. However incorporating one in a system raises a number of issues:

Physical size
Weight
Will your furniture handle it
Logistics

A 5000C, 5200HC and 5500HC have the same tweeter.

I always suggest for movies the biggest and baddest center presents the most impressive performance. If the above listed points are ok with you, 24/96 5500HC's tend to be pretty cheap given the performance gains.

Obviously a 5200SEHC or 5200.2 center will have a different sound than a 5000C or legacy 5200HC. A 5200SL will not sound much different (if at all) than the legacy 5200HC.

Hi

I have to say, that having experienced the DSP5500HC, with a L/R pair of DSP5500s (all 96/24), presentation literally blew me away. The amount of air being moved by the centre was awesome at high volumes. I previously had DSP5ks across the front, they were also 96/24.

No doubt, this doesn't help your decision making process, sorry!

Jon

Hi,

I did this exact upgrade from a DSP5000HC to the DSP5200HC and noticed very little, if any, sonic improvement.

I also have a DSP5500HC in another system and fully agree with the other comments here that you will get a lot more sonically out of that upgrade. The 5500HC is really big step above the 5000HC in scale.

I don't think so. I suspect the 5200SE would be better in some respects but for a movie experience, the sheer scale of the 5500HC would win out for me.

DSP5500 upgrade is a gamechanger!

80% of movie mix is produced by the centerchannel.
Trifield benefits immensely from this.