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I'm moving and I've decided not to rip out my current HT center speaker from the wall because I believe to repair the wall is not cost effective and repainting might not match well enough, increasing the trouble more.
I have all Thiel speakers which are 4 ohm driven by a NAD receiver. I'm thinking I should keep the center 4 ohm also for consistent load. Martin Logan has a ElectoMotion IW in- wall model thar looks like it might fit the bill nicely. My low voltage provider for the new house build represents Definative Technologies and has similar cost options. That brand is all 8 ohm rated.
Anyone have opinions on these options and the topic of mixing the ohm load on the one speaker? I'm open to other ideas as well.
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But even I wouldn't mix brands in a home theater system. Stick with Thiel.
Just pull the speaker and put the grill cover back and buy a replacement cover for the new place.
-Rod
Good point. There's no guarantee that the new owner will even want the existing speaker and so it may end up on Craigslist for $20 or in a dumpster.On the other hand, it may be considered part of the property, since it's built-in, and so taking it out could be a sales contract violation. On the other hand, if the buyer hasn't heard it, and doesn't know if there's actually a speaker behind the grill or not, ...
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Edits: 06/29/16
The ideal Theil would be another one of whichever model you use for L/R or new/used Theil center.See:
Edits: 06/27/16
For best sound, all three front speakers should be the same.
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If music is your primary use, then I would agree. (Pretty hard not to.)
But if HT is your primary use, then I would choose the center for best dialog reproduction, and "other" features that are desirable for that function. Doesn't mean it couldn't be OK for mch music too, if more "popular" music is your preference as usually it's mostly vocals that are directed to the center. For symphonic and classical music, yeah I'd choose the fronts to all match. Compromises...
"if HT is your primary use, then I would choose the center for best dialog reproduction, and "other" features that are desirable for that function."
Not true. This is an audio myth. The engineers have already optimized the sound of each channel. The user should not mess with it.
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The benefit of a good center speaker for dialog reproduction is huge. I've gone through a lot of crappy ones, and have thousands of BDs/DVDs. I appreciate it. I like to buy the tool designed to do the job, just like I use a sub to do...sub stuff, and not a general purpose speaker to do it. A specially designed speaker (driver) for one specific audio purpose. For the center, for me, it's the human voice.
I'm sure the sound of all recordings are "optimized" for something. Your speakers, or mine? Or do they all sound the same? (rhetorical Q)
But a center would be a "general purpose speaker," just like the main L and R speakers if people didn't feel constrained to squeeze it into a small horizontal space.
The center should be the exact same speaker as the left and right.
The horizontal "center channel" was and will always be a compromise because most folks don't have a dedicated home theater with an acoustically transparent screen to place the center channel behind.
In a perfect world, that configuration wouldn't exist. In fact, if you have some of the old setup videos from the 90's you see the setup illustrations all using three identical speakers up front.
Really? I think that a dedicated center speaker and its unique acoustic position is already so mismatched to ANY well-made pair of main L/R speakers that ANY variations within quality control would be completely swamped.
Sorry, I can honestly say I don't understand what you said. Can you dumb it down a bit? :)But yes, the position of the center speaker is an "issue" for many (most?) home installations, like mine, so compromises must be made. By that I mean that the physical config/size of the center speaker might be constricted, so you have to make a choice on how you'll get the most benefit from whatever you choose, with the majority of your media. Doesn't mean it'll be bad with the "other stuff", but you know a different choice, if you could fit it in, would have been better.
Edits: 06/30/16
The center speaker should be identical to the others. If you cannot fit it into the space you have, you want one that will sound as much like the others as possible. There are no special demands on a center speaker as long as it fits.
"The center speaker should be identical to the others."
Hey, that's what I said! (How do I capitalize "I" when it's already capitalized?)
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I was responding to someone who wanted it "dumbed down."
Edits: 07/01/16
I have both the DPA (Danish Pro Audio) and Schoeps papers on surround sound miking techniques, but the one which brings it all home to the playback environment is the one from the Grammy Recording Academy.
https://www.grammy.org/files/pages/SurroundRecommendations.pdf
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If the loudspeakers were bought together, then they are probably well matched. Even buying the same loudspeaker over again, I really wonder how they would match up. May not be the case.
It should not be a problem. The amp will not care.
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