Hey, I have run into this before. I have Soliloquy 7 channel speaker setup. A buddy of mine sold me a Sonus Faber Cremona speaker. I decided to replace my perfectly matching speaker with the Sonus Faber because it is 2x-3x as good. About 60-65% of the front sound comes out of the center speaker. It’s the most important speaker along with the subwoofer. You have to remember your surround processor has a ton of DSP. You would be amazed at how well it can match off branded speakers. Most important is to run your processor calibration software and then check your SPL’s on each speaker and maybe if you really want to dial it in to the last degree do some manual eq adjustments. One final note. My main theater speakers go down to 25hz and the center is 40 hz. Nothing gives your speaker’s position away more than bass or Hz below 80. I say if you have nice subs that can handle it cut them to 100-110 hz. If you have 2 way or 2.5 way-speakers this really makes sense because you will get much better mids since you speaker doesn’t have to work itself to death trying to get below 100 hz. Midrange is what makes sound real. In two channel mode I do full range with the subwoofer at about 60hz. I hope this helps.
Picking a speakers
Hi guys, I need your opinion on which speakers to pick. I recently purchased a 2 Bowers and Wilkins 805S and HTM2 for a center channel. I read somewhere that they don't match. And would need to get HTM4S to match 805S. Now, my question is: Should I purchase HTM4S and stick with 805S or should I purchase 804N and stick with HTM2? PS: I do have a nice velodyne servo subwoofer, so the bass is not my problem.Thank you in advance!