Video Asylum

Posted by Scott on November 24, 1999 at 09:09:18:

In Reply to: Re: Yes I do posted by michael w on November 23, 1999 at 22:16:42:

>>>Hard center or phantom? A matter of taste and operating environment<<<

This was the philosophy first espoused by reviewers whose primary interest and background was stereo music, such as Robt Deutsch at Sphile... and who quickly changed his opinion after exposure to a correctly implemented 5 channel system.

>>>To make unfounded statements as you have is plain erroneous<<<

Sorry, but it is you who are in error..... unless you are willing to contradict the more than 200 companies currently offering a center channel speaker (no company that I am aware of builds front and rear speakers onlyand does not offer any centers unless they are catagorized as "L-C-R").

Also, how many surround decoders, processors or receivers do you see on the market that ONLY offer a "phantom" center channel option and no other? NONE.

Your choice that a phantom center is superior is simply opinion, NOT fact; plese do not peddle it as such.