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Importance of Center Channel in small room

Listening to my friends HT system in his huge den, the center channel contribution is substantial.

Listening to my 2.1 in my 10 x 12 HT room, seems like center channel would be beneficial but optional.

Have any of you experimented with a center in a small HT room, determined how big was the impact?

One nice thing I think if I had center is that I could widen the front pair and create a wider soundstage.

Thanks,
Art
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tiger
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I have a small room, 12x13. I use a center channel, mostly with three channel, hybrid SACD's. Most of the latter come from masters that were three channel mono. So, the hybrid is three mono channels. Miles/Blue is one of the disk's and and sounds great. I also use the center for other two channel stereo, using a VAS 1 preamp that has a center out.

You are right about the sound stage, I have the speakers, ProAc's 1sc, about a foot off the side walls.

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