04-16-2022, 04:40 AM
Dennis S wrote:
3. If question 1 turns out not to be a problem, should buying a quality center channel be a top priority?
I've always considered the center channel to be the most important speaker (for TV/movie viewing with dialogue), and I've always bought the "matching" center channel from the same manufacturer of my L/R speakers.
RAMd®d wrote:
But I was reading something somewhere that suggested center channel speakers don't really deliver on their promise.
I think it was suggesting better L and R channel speakers and skipping the center channel all together, or that with Atmos, a center channel threw off the staging.
I notice a huge soundstage difference when my center channel is not being used. Maybe if my L/R were better aimed it wouldn't be as problematic? But I'd rather read this article you're referring to than get 2nd hand "skimmed" information.