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So I have an Okto Research dac8 PRO + Audiophonics 4x purifi amp on the way in preparation for this setup. To be paired with Dynaudio C1s as fronts/rear and PSA V1500 sub.
Originally I had planned for 5.1 setup however the centre speaker is awfully hard to position, our ears and eyes are roughly the same level hence its a choice between either a screen or centre at eye/ear level.
I did clear space underneath my monitor for the centre channel to be positioned with tilt but I've read its important to match your centre with your fronts to match the tonal balance. The matching Dynaudio confidence centre is a hard find, costs just as much as a pair of bookshelves and since committing on a four channel amp means I would have to get separate purifi module to power it.
So the next thought is why not just go phantom centre? The downsides of a phantom centre from what I've read on avsforum seem to be the lack of dispersion and imaging being a issue for everyone other than the sweet spot, which doesn't matter as this setup is designed for single user. From what I understand the downmix from 5.1 -> 4.1 seems to be very easy, just split centre between left-right, pre-amp accordingly to prevent clipping which all can be easily done in EQ-APO.
At this point adding an extra sub seems to be more enticing than adding a centre channel. Looking at the Rythmik Audio G25HP. Can one have too much sub?
Originally I had planned for 5.1 setup however the centre speaker is awfully hard to position, our ears and eyes are roughly the same level hence its a choice between either a screen or centre at eye/ear level.
I did clear space underneath my monitor for the centre channel to be positioned with tilt but I've read its important to match your centre with your fronts to match the tonal balance. The matching Dynaudio confidence centre is a hard find, costs just as much as a pair of bookshelves and since committing on a four channel amp means I would have to get separate purifi module to power it.
So the next thought is why not just go phantom centre? The downsides of a phantom centre from what I've read on avsforum seem to be the lack of dispersion and imaging being a issue for everyone other than the sweet spot, which doesn't matter as this setup is designed for single user. From what I understand the downmix from 5.1 -> 4.1 seems to be very easy, just split centre between left-right, pre-amp accordingly to prevent clipping which all can be easily done in EQ-APO.
At this point adding an extra sub seems to be more enticing than adding a centre channel. Looking at the Rythmik Audio G25HP. Can one have too much sub?