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Best center speakers for dialogue clarity?

Since I use my center speaker both for the surround sound system and as the main speaker for my HDTV, I would like one that optimizes on the dialogue on TV. (Most of my music listening is in 2-channel mode.) I have the Vandersteen VCC-5 Reference center speaker, which received very good reviews, but suspect that there are better center units out there for dialogue. Any thoughts?
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jcruse
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I actually am very disappointed with My Maggie CC2 center...the tendency of Maggie's to lose all low-level detail below a certain volume forces me to run the center almost 10db hotter than my mains to make soft-spoken dialogue intelligible, while keeping explosions and other loud sound effects from blowing out my ears. As a result, dialog pans sound awful.

Maggies are great for stereo sound, but I would NOT, under any circumstances, recommend their center (at least the CC2)
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