Anyone using Powered center/surround speaker??
I am not using any but there are quite a few makes on the market. As far a pro gear, Genelec are pretty good. Give Mackie a listen as well. JBL, Event, Tannoy, Alesis, Plus many others. I have bought gear from B and H with good results, low prices and tone of stuff. Webpage gives links and stats. |
Thanks for the suggestion on the Genelec. I will definitely check it out. I was also considering Tannoy as well. Perhaps I need to go to a pro shop and look around. Avalon no longer makes Avalon Radian HC speakers and their current center speaker solution is closer sounding to the newer speakers than Radian HC. The only choise is Avalon Monitor speaker, but they only come in a pair and they are also fairly large. |
Genelec makes some very high quality active speakers for home theater use. Find a local dealer that carries the line and check them out. They rock. You may want to try adding just the surrounds to your system first and see how it sounds on movies without a center. A mismatched (timbre) center speaker relative to your mains may sound worse than running your system in "phantom" center mode. You can always add a matching Avalon center speaker and amplification later as funds permit. Cheers! |
My hope was that I can keep the setup for a good 3-4 years. I am sure there will probably be 8-10 channels by then. :-) I forgot to mention that I do have a 5-channel Nakamichi amp at 100W/ch x 5 already. It's more of a case of not wanting to run very long speaker cables. From earlier experiment, I found running long balanced interconnects is better than running long speaker cables. |
