Topic: Bookshelf speaker to center speaker?/

[Empress20]

Hi,Pwede ba gawing center speaker yung Bookshelf speaker?
May naka experience na ba dito?any imouts?Thanks!

[at_sunset_blvd]

pwedi naman, yung ibang home theater speakers have the same designs for the L/C/R.

[qguy]

Di naman po special ang Center Speaker, ideally mas better if can  find and fit the same speakers in the middle as your left and right channels as this would provide seamless transition from left to right.

I am using Usher X-719 bookshelf speakers as Center Channel

[Nelson de Leon]

Yun iba, floorstander pa nga ang center speaker...

[synchro_01]

Yun iba, floorstander pa nga ang center speaker...

hehehe sinehan. Sinlaki ng side by side na fridge yung three front channels

[Nelson de Leon]

hehehe sinehan. Sinlaki ng side by side na fridge yung three front channels

Hehe! Yeah yeah!

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[oweidah]

un timbre impt

[markcrenz]

Yun iba, floorstander pa nga ang center speaker...

Sino dito meron nyan?

[Nelson de Leon]

Sino dito meron nyan?

Dito sa PDvd alam ko may 1. Sa mga distro ive heard of stories na.

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[scoob]

How about the other way around... can you use(meaning comparable performance) 2 center channel speakers for 2ch audio? Same lang ba crossover sections ng bookshelves/floorstanders with center speakers?

[Nelson de Leon]

How about the other way around... can you use(meaning comparable performance) 2 center channel speakers for 2ch audio? Same lang ba crossover sections ng bookshelves/floorstanders with center speakers?

Inisip ko din yan dati. Hehe! Lalabas mukhang D'Appolito arrangement siya. Baka masyadong maliit ang sweet spot.

[CMac]

timbre matching as the vets have mentioned. same make, same drivers will be the best.
do you already have the speakers?
If you are going to purposefully go out and buy new then just get an LCR set. Rids the hassle of center placement with bookshelves.
If you have an extra single bookshelf that you want to use, then just use it.
If it does not sound right, then you will know what it is you are actually looking for - soundwise.

[synchro_01]

Inisip ko din yan dati. Hehe! Lalabas mukhang D'Appolito arrangement siya. Baka masyadong maliit ang sweet spot.

When using bookshelf speakers as centers, be wary lang of those speakers that have wave guides for the tweeters.  It alters the high frequency spread/beam.  Example dyan is Klipsch and JBL HT speakers. You have to orient it in such a way that the beam is horizontal.

[Conan]

timbre matching as the vets have mentioned. same make, same drivers will be the best.
do you already have the speakers?
If you are going to purposefully go out and buy new then just get an LCR set. Rids the hassle of center placement with bookshelves.
If you have an extra single bookshelf that you want to use, then just use it.
If it does not sound right, then you will know what it is you are actually looking for - soundwise.

I used to believe that timbre mattered before. Since I moved my extra B&W 606 speakers to replace my Klipsch bookshelf speakers matched with a Klipsch center channel, they sound really good together! I re-ran the Onkyo calibration before using them.

[qguy]

How about the other way around... can you use(meaning comparable performance) 2 center channel speakers for 2ch audio? Same lang ba crossover sections ng bookshelves/floorstanders with center speakers?

Pwede, nothing special about Center channel speakers,   yung orientation (horizontal vs Vertical) lang ang difference

[CMac]

I used to believe that timbre mattered before. Since I moved my extra B&W 606 speakers to replace my Klipsch bookshelf speakers matched with a Klipsch center channel, they sound really good together! I re-ran the Onkyo calibration before using them.

No one can argue with your personal preference or what you perceive to hear. Different speakers have different sound signatures. I doubt running a consumer grade calibration tool will adjust each speaker to the point that they will sound technically similar. I have the same lcr line as most people do, but my center woofers are an inch and a half less in diameter. Even after running audyssey, i can discern that the center offsets certain low freqiencies when the sound pans from left to right. All I am saying is that we should always have a reference point. And let experience naturally flow. Again, i respect a vetereans viewpoint, but a newcomer might get confused as to where he should actually start. And yes, i assumed op's gender.

[Conan]

No one can argue with your personal preference or what you perceive to hear. Different speakers have different sound signatures. I doubt running a consumer grade calibration tool will adjust each speaker to the point that they will sound technically similar. I have the same lcr line as most people do, but my center woofers are an inch and a half less in diameter. Even after running audyssey, i can discern that the center offsets certain low freqiencies when the sound pans from left to right. All I am saying is that we should always have a reference point. And let experience naturally flow. Again, i respect a vetereans viewpoint, but a newcomer might get confused as to where he should actually start. And yes, i assumed op's gender.

You would be surprised how much calibration systems like Audyssey can change the sound of your speakers. When I home demoe'd this Marantz receiver I ran Audyssey (MultEQ XT if I remember correctly). After doing so the sound coming from my all Klipsch speaker system was unrecognizable. It was like all the high frequency was severely rolled-off and this was supposed to "mimic" the actual experience of a "real" theater. I tried to look for a setting to change, found one but then it made my speakers too bright to listen to. Returned the Marantz receiver, got an Onkyo, ran their proprietary calibration system and my Klipsch still sounded like Klipsch speakers afterwards.

Sorry for the off topic comment.