Looking for a center speaker anybody help?

biggebruv

I have a yamaha RXV471 and have some samsung speakers attached to it but Iv been reading about center speakers just now and how people say its the most important speaker so I thought Id see whats a good center speaker for a good price dont think Id spend over 200 on one would I get a decent center speaker under 200? Im completely clueless

also whats a soundbar is it a center speaker???


http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/catalog_v2.cgi?id=2991&type=product
seen this one anybody no if its a good one? no price on it though

jay1912

A soundbar is not suitable in your case,it's used when no amp or surround speakers are present.. A good centre does make a big difference especially if you watch a lot of movies..
200 would get you a good centre.. Easily

dharn

i used a marantz home cinema amp with 2 large floorstanding speakers, a sub and 2 small rear speakers and it worked very well i recently bought a good quality center speaker , id does not make a massive difference, you amp will send the center speaker chanell to the front left and right if you get a center that doe not match the front left and right it might sound worse than now

Slaphead07

dharn wrote: »

i used a marantz home cinema amp with 2 large floorstanding speakers, a sub and 2 small rear speakers and it worked very well i recently bought a good quality center speaker , id does not make a massive difference, ....

That's not really a good example. Most "out of the box" speaker systems like that are not designed to have additional speakers added.

Where you're using separates, an amp and speakers, the amp is designed to power a centre speaker. A good centre will focus the dialogue,as spreading it across left and right fronts is far from ideal. I've found it quite difficult to get a centre speaker to blend in so expect a bit of "trial & error"

dharn

i was not talking about an out of the box system, marantz sr 4300 , tdl studio 20 transmission line spekers, jamo rears, mj acoustic reference subwoofer added b&w htm 62 center speaker recently also upgraded amp to denon 2311 , but i still say a system can sound very good without a center, if the other speakers are good full range speakers

Slaphead07

Sorry, I read "a marantz home cinema amp with 2 large floorstanding speakers, a sub and 2 small rear speakers" as being all Marantz.

As I say try a few centres if you can. I tried B&W, Castle and finally settled on a System Audio. When it works it makes a huge difference.

I did find the B&W centre too "shouty" but then I find many B&W speakers to be a little unsubtle.

dharn

dont know what you mean by shouty ,you can always lower the volume level to each channel, i bought the b& w secondhand i found the tone a bit disappointing, a bit nasal but i have gotten used to it now, ya i think b& w are overrated for the cost of new ones

Slaphead07

dharn wrote: »

dont know what you mean by shouty....

harsh brittle treble that's too hard to listen to for any length of time. Adjusting the volume won't cure that. My fronts are big B&W floorstanders and while I wouldn't use them for music they have good impact for movies. The treble on these is a bit more subdued.

WillyFXP

Much goodness here, and WAY cheaper than Ireland or UK
Www.tsnversand.de they ship to Ireland for €25, used them before, very good service.