Hi All,
Need some help here. I’ve been on the search for a center speaker that meets my criteria for weeks now. I thought the Polk reserve 350 was the answer (wife would love the look, I’d be happy with the sound, fits my size requirements, nice bookshelf fronts to go with it) but you guys all tore it apart . This search is killing me. I’m certainly no audio engineer but I can definitely appreciate great audio. That is, I love great audio but don’t know enough about speakers to be able to choose them based on marketing and specs. And, the prospect of yet again excitedly pulling the trigger on what turns out to be another mediocre set of speakers is so crappy.
What center (and matching fronts too) would you guys recommend??? Despite my love of good audio, I’m stuck with certain parameters for now:
- no more than $700 for the center
- no more than 6” high
- no more than 7” deep
- ideally have similar looking bookshelf fronts
- would love 3 way but beggars can’t be choosers.
I’ve been checking out golden ear s50, Polk, paradigm, klipsch, etc… I have no clue which to get. I realize these parameters will definitely limit the quality but I’m hoping there’s a happy medium somewhere.
Thanks in advance
Need some help here. I’ve been on the search for a center speaker that meets my criteria for weeks now. I thought the Polk reserve 350 was the answer (wife would love the look, I’d be happy with the sound, fits my size requirements, nice bookshelf fronts to go with it) but you guys all tore it apart . This search is killing me. I’m certainly no audio engineer but I can definitely appreciate great audio. That is, I love great audio but don’t know enough about speakers to be able to choose them based on marketing and specs. And, the prospect of yet again excitedly pulling the trigger on what turns out to be another mediocre set of speakers is so crappy.
What center (and matching fronts too) would you guys recommend??? Despite my love of good audio, I’m stuck with certain parameters for now:
- no more than $700 for the center
- no more than 6” high
- no more than 7” deep
- ideally have similar looking bookshelf fronts
- would love 3 way but beggars can’t be choosers.
I’ve been checking out golden ear s50, Polk, paradigm, klipsch, etc… I have no clue which to get. I realize these parameters will definitely limit the quality but I’m hoping there’s a happy medium somewhere.
Thanks in advance
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