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Anyone using Powered center/surround speaker??

Getting ready to set up my home theater system. I alrady got the Anthem AVM-20 for the pre/pro. Right now I am looking into center and surround speakers. Unfortunately, there is no matched surround speakers for my front speakers. So I am thinking about powered center/surround and drive them directly from the Anthem AVM-20's XLR output.

Any suggestions?

The first possibilites are:
1) Paradigm powered speakers (do they still make them?)
2) Dynaudio BM-5A
3) pro speakers like Tannoy or ???

Budget: < $2000 for center and 2 surround speakers.
Room size: a medium size family room
50% TV/ 30% music/ 20% movies.
Source: DVD, Sat dish, and LPs
Front L+R speakers: Avalon Radian HC
Front L+R Amp: Aragon 8008 BB mk2.
ejliu

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john_z
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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!





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