Hi Everyone,
I have the following setup for my "home theater", which is our living room/TV room. Room is about 5x5 meters. Ceiling 2.8 meters. Right wall (vis-à-vis) MLP has a very large opening to dining room.
I run a Marantz Cinema 70s in preamp mode for all channels. The setup is 5.2 with 2 front height speakers. (Don't think 5.2.2 is the correct denomination as that I tjink implies Atmos speakers...)The front LR are powered by a Mcintosh Ma8000 integrated amp. The rest by an extra amp putting out 100W/channel at 8 Ohm, all channels driven). The front speakers are Focal Electra 1028 be. The current center channel speaker is the Focal Aria cc 900. The surrounds and height speakers are basic, but very ok for my setup. The subwoofers are Focal Cub Evo, small but together they pack enough punch for the family, both for movies and music. I also have a minidsp for the subs and have achieved very good results with that. Now, the center speaker has just died as in gone to speaker heaven. When I set this up a few years back, I had zero experience in home theater setup, but my system has sounded really good, again, for our I suppose modest needs.
So, after reading quite a bit about center speakers, the point that always coned up is the matching of the LCR. I'm inclined to go with the school that says to just go with something that sounds good. Previously I was blissfully ignorant about tjid, but now... Well, the doubt is there. Typically, I would just go with an SVS or Klipsch or Kef or whatever, something with good off-axis dispersion and bass extension, but the Electra are a little bit special with the beryllium tweeter etc. Maybe I should be a bit more careful now that I am yo buy a new center? I can not afford something like the Sopra center or find the 1008 be center (out of production). What I would prefer is a 3 way speaker that has a good response across the whole spectrum that can be used off axis. Any good suggestions?
Cheers
Sorry for the lengthy post, but thought the description might help.
I have the following setup for my "home theater", which is our living room/TV room. Room is about 5x5 meters. Ceiling 2.8 meters. Right wall (vis-à-vis) MLP has a very large opening to dining room.
I run a Marantz Cinema 70s in preamp mode for all channels. The setup is 5.2 with 2 front height speakers. (Don't think 5.2.2 is the correct denomination as that I tjink implies Atmos speakers...)The front LR are powered by a Mcintosh Ma8000 integrated amp. The rest by an extra amp putting out 100W/channel at 8 Ohm, all channels driven). The front speakers are Focal Electra 1028 be. The current center channel speaker is the Focal Aria cc 900. The surrounds and height speakers are basic, but very ok for my setup. The subwoofers are Focal Cub Evo, small but together they pack enough punch for the family, both for movies and music. I also have a minidsp for the subs and have achieved very good results with that. Now, the center speaker has just died as in gone to speaker heaven. When I set this up a few years back, I had zero experience in home theater setup, but my system has sounded really good, again, for our I suppose modest needs.
So, after reading quite a bit about center speakers, the point that always coned up is the matching of the LCR. I'm inclined to go with the school that says to just go with something that sounds good. Previously I was blissfully ignorant about tjid, but now... Well, the doubt is there. Typically, I would just go with an SVS or Klipsch or Kef or whatever, something with good off-axis dispersion and bass extension, but the Electra are a little bit special with the beryllium tweeter etc. Maybe I should be a bit more careful now that I am yo buy a new center? I can not afford something like the Sopra center or find the 1008 be center (out of production). What I would prefer is a 3 way speaker that has a good response across the whole spectrum that can be used off axis. Any good suggestions?
Cheers
Sorry for the lengthy post, but thought the description might help.
