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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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Follow Ups
- One observation - Dalancroft 10:37:24 06/14/00 (4)
- Thanks - Joel 09:29:37 06/15/00 (2)
- Joel & Dalancroft - MikeP 16:55:08 06/15/00 (1)
- Calls it as I sees it--will refrain in future (nt) - Dalancroft 11:27:57 06/16/00 (0)
- Timbre Matching - Tom 11:37:57 06/14/00 (0)
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