2. speakers
  3. 123932-68132

Speakers - Theater Room Dilemma

I would appreciate feedback on whether there is an issue if I mix speaker brands in my 7.2 theater room.  My original plan was to go with Tekton Pendragon theater room speakers.  They are extremely large.  Unfortunately, the Subwoofers are so large that I can't place it in the back of my room.  My plan was to have two subwoofers in the center of the room; one in the front and one in the rear.  Consequently, I would have to go with a different brand subwoofer and they would probably be built in the wall.  So, I am thinking about having the Tekton Pendragon towers and the Pendragon center for the front of my theater room and going with Paradigm, Dali or Focal surround in wall speakers and subwoofers.  I will be watching sports and movies in the theater room and also two channel stereo music.  To me the most important speakers are the front three.  I could go with Tekton surrounds but they are big also and I would have to build them into the wall.  Thoughts? 

willgolf

Showing 2 responses by tls49

tls49's avatar
tls49
1,351 posts
 

I don’t see a problem using different subwoofers as long as they have adequate output for the high sensitivity of the Tektons. For the best overall sound, all speakers for the 7 channels should be timbre matched. For the absolute best sound, all 7 speakers should be identical.

http://www.soundandvision.com/content/matching-front-and-surround-speakers

http://www.avtruths.com/speaker.html


tls49's avatar
tls49
1,351 posts
 

Sorry akg_ca, guess my response wasn’t clear enough. Totally agree that when using 2 subs, they should be identical, however in response to the OP question, they can be a different brand than that of the other speakers. His post implies he would be using 2 identical subs, but a different brand than that of the other speakers.


More to discover