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Posted by Dalancroft on June 14, 2000 at 10:37:24

In Reply to: Center Speaker posted by Doug on June 11, 2000 at 12:44:18:

I have a Pinnacle AC Center (2 4" poly midbass drivers, 1" softdome tweeter) and just added Paradigm Atoms (5" midwoofer, 3/4" ceramic metal composite tweeter) as the mains.

When I switch between Dolby Pro-Logic modes (phantom and center) I can hear a major difference. The Atoms are crisper, the AC Center is more laid-back and chesty. However, since 80% of the sound in a movie typically goes to the center speaker, I didn't worry about the mismatch too much.

Then something amazing happened: I was watching "October Sky" and there is a brief (5-6 second) scene in which a train goes by from right to left, with the sound panning across all three front channels. Surprisingly enough, the sound panned absolutely perfectly, with no change in sonic character whatsoever. I was so shocked that I had to rewind the scene three times (over the objections of my wife) to make sure I wasn't hearing things.

So even though Joel is kind of a pr*ck, he has a point: if you have a solid center channel speaker it shouldn't make THAT much of a difference. Not sure the Cambridge fits this description, though . . .

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