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Good to know! It does seem like the UC52 is clearly my best option for my 9.25-inch shelf-height size constraint. The L/R bookshelf speakers that I pair with it is where I’m still debating. I haven’t read through that giant UB52 thread yet, but boy, it’s something. And then there’s the Polk...

What do you all think of mixing Polk R100 L/R with Elac UC52 center? (Yes, this discount is burning a hole in my pocket…) Would I notice this “mismatch” while watching TV and movies?

I live in the Boston area. What kind of “local marketplaces” are you referring to?

My center has to be horizontal, unfortunately. Elac UC52 plus two UB52s seems reasonable, but it pains me to give up that Polk discount. I really can’t beat this with 2x the cost in Polk? As for three UB52s, I don’t recall if a UB52 laid on its side (see above constraint) has a spread is...

Yeah, the content is surely a factor. But I’m just trying to improve on my current system’s center, with its 3-inch “woofer” and 0.75-inch tweeter, which is very old and very bad off-axis. Low bar!

Executive Summary: Help me build a sub-$2K 5.1 speaker set for TV and movies with great dialog clarity and spread in a really weird room with tough space constraints, plus one weird pricing factor. The long version: I’ve spent the last week in the home-theater-speaker rabbit hole, including...