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In Reply to: You're missing the point! posted by Dalancroft on April 27, 2001 at 15:43:35:

1) Unless you're one person sitting in the "sweet spot," you need a quality center channel speaker. That's where the dialogue and 70-80% of the sound comes from.
I disagree 100% but beg you to convince me otherwise.
If you own a good to superb pair of stereo speakers (pref. full range or close), I simply see NO WAY hoe a center channel with half as many drivers (at best!) can handle the sheer volume and amount of information as adequately.
You are right the center channel gets 70-80% of the info (dialogue specifically, but it really gets a TON of the whole front soundfield). What cc that you know of could handle that as well as a superb main speaker (2 channel full range speaker)?
Peronally I love surround, think rears make sense and can be used to good effect,
But this center channel thing has NEVER seemed right to me (per my experience I mean- basically every system I have heard with one can be improved by eliminating it and using "Phantom" center.
I agree with you about subs- they are needed.

You say
"Using a DVD player & quality projection screen in 2-channel mode is like those soccer moms who buy SUVs with 4-wheel-drive capability yet
never leave the pavement . . ."
As someone who has a 2 channel set-up with a projector, I think we can agree your comment is a bit exaggerated, is it not?
Otherwise I might be a bit upset.
DG

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