Heres my plan, input please.


Learning this audiophile buisness is like trying to spell your name in a bowl of alphabet soup. When think you're just about there, it starts to float away and you end up with something else.
I just purchased a pair of Cremona Auditors and am in the process of purchasing the cremona center chasnnel. I plan to later add, as budget affords, a pair of Cremon floor standers and then move the auditors to the rear. Am I doing OK so far?
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Sounds like a great plan. I'd say you really are on the right track. It is wise to think HT from the get go when starting out today. Secondly, using the same speaker manufacturer for all surround is extremely wise - many people ignore this, and mix and match everything. Typical manisfestation are many complaints that HT is vastly inferior to simple two channel stereo....well of course it is when you have a "dogs breakfast" of tonality in the same room!

I would add that you may not need the center channel if it is just yourself - try phantom and see how it sounds first. It may be better to get the center channel as the last item. I'd go subwoofer before center channel and then Cremona floorstanders next but that is just a personal preference...
REL 10" 200W B3.

Check the HT Shack Subwoofer tests BEFORE you open this box.

IMD Distortion Tests Example

There are pages and pages of detail - I just included one example page. It is a real eyeopener. Performance is quite variable.