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Good sounding, small center speaker

I'm considering the Gallo or Orb speakers for a home theater speaker system, but I'm concerned that especially dialogue will sound a bit light or thin coming from such small speakers. Anyone have experience with either of these in an HT setup, and if so how do they do as center channels for movies. Can they do a credible job with movie dialogue, and how do they compare to larger center speakers you've heard?

As an alternative I'm thinking about avoiding the center speaker altogether and just running something like 4 Maggie MMGWs and using a phantom center and adding a HSU STF-2 or VTF-2 sub.

Any thoughts would be helpful, but I'm really looking for a small footprint speaker that can do a great job with movie dialogue so I don't feel like I'm hearing a "small" speaker. Thanks all.
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rlwainwright
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Well, I guess I'm the only one who has a Gallo as center, so I get to be the "authority" this time [smile]. I'm using a Due as my center (with Ref 3.1s for Fronts and more Dues in the Rear) and I think it sounds *great*. Those little speakers do NOT sound thin at all, and are VERY good on dialogue.

I do recommned, however, going with a "matched" setup if you can. By having the Gallos all the way around, I get a very smooth transition from one speaker to the next. This replaces a 3/5 Paradigm system (Studio 80s in Front, CC350 Center, and Infinitys in the Rear) and solidly kicks that setup's ass.

The Due is a very good center channel speaker. There is a pair on Audiogon for $750 right now...

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