NeilF
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If we assume the tonal response is much the same (as Peter Tyson and the individual who owns such a setup suggests), then all we're talking about is clarity.
Given the choice of:-
Left - average clarity
Center - average clarity
Right - average clarity
Or:-
Left - good clarity
Center - average clarity
Right - good clarity
How can the second be anything but better than the first, as long as the difference/sound is not so significant it makes the center sound out of place.
Of course, in an idea world you'd upgrade everything. But I don't want to spend what I don't have to... If I can spend £100 and get a noticable improve (with no real downside) in my front response, I'll be happy
So yes, I'd love to upgrade the center too, but if I can get away without doing it, fine...
ps1: The individual I'm talking to has the same speakers as me, and has simply upgrade the woofer and 302s to 902is. And says it's been a nice improvement. He certainly doesn't suggest the center is out of place. And it appears he takes his setup/system far more seriously than I do...
ps2: From your experience of ported speakers, are the ports there just to 'breath' and let air in/out of the speaker? Or are they actually used to emit bass sound (in some way)?
Originally Posted by iriverdude /img/forum/go_quote.gif ^ From someone with a low end center, once you move up the line you'll do a 180. A higher end center is about sounding better, with wider frequency response, more natural, able to play louder, and sounding great whilst going loud. You'd think a matching £200 center be fine, but trust me when you hear a higher quality center you won't bother with that £200 speaker anymore. A center is used for music, do you watch any concert DVD's? Multi-channel DTS, DVD-Audio or SACD? The center actually does more in a home theatre than the left & rights. For one thing most speech comes from that speaker, so is critical. I cannot understand why you're not interested in sound quality, after all if you are why are you upgrading left & rights? Why then ignore the center? |
If we assume the tonal response is much the same (as Peter Tyson and the individual who owns such a setup suggests), then all we're talking about is clarity.
Given the choice of:-
Left - average clarity
Center - average clarity
Right - average clarity
Or:-
Left - good clarity
Center - average clarity
Right - good clarity
How can the second be anything but better than the first, as long as the difference/sound is not so significant it makes the center sound out of place.
Of course, in an idea world you'd upgrade everything. But I don't want to spend what I don't have to... If I can spend £100 and get a noticable improve (with no real downside) in my front response, I'll be happy
So yes, I'd love to upgrade the center too, but if I can get away without doing it, fine...
ps1: The individual I'm talking to has the same speakers as me, and has simply upgrade the woofer and 302s to 902is. And says it's been a nice improvement. He certainly doesn't suggest the center is out of place. And it appears he takes his setup/system far more seriously than I do...
ps2: From your experience of ported speakers, are the ports there just to 'breath' and let air in/out of the speaker? Or are they actually used to emit bass sound (in some way)?