What center channel would you pair these with in a home theater?
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I'm in the same boat but my solution may not fit your situation. I'm looking to build a 5.1.2, 5.1.4, or 7.1.2 Atmos system. Note that I have not yet purchased speakers. One option I'm exploring is to use a pair of SHK-410 Atmos speakers on top of a pair of the 4800 towers, plus a center, surrounds and either 2 more atmos or two more surrounds. I asked Onkyo USA tech for advice. They recommended the SKS-HT870 7.1 speaker system, along with the SKH-410 Atmos enabled speakers. I may still do that though. Buy these and what they recommended, then sell off the "tall boy" towers from the set. I'm in the same boat but my solution may not fit your situation. I'm looking to build a 5.1.2, 5.1.4, or 7.1.2 Atmos system. Note that I have not yet purchased speakers. One option I'm exploring is to use a pair of SHK-410 Atmos speakers on top of a pair of the 4800 towers, plus a center, surrounds and either 2 more atmos or two more surrounds. I asked Onkyo USA tech for advice. They recommended the SKS-HT870 7.1 speaker system, along with the SKH-410 Atmos enabled speakers. I may still do that though. Buy these and what they recommended, then sell off the "tall boy" towers from... » Read More I'm in the same boat but my solution may not fit your situation. I'm looking to build a 5.1.2, 5.1.4, or 7.1.2 Atmos system. Note that I have not yet purchased speakers. One option I'm exploring is to use a pair of SHK-410 Atmos speakers on top of a pair of the 4800 towers, plus a center, surrounds and either 2 more atmos or two more surrounds. I asked Onkyo USA tech for advice. They recommended the SKS-HT870 7.1 speaker system, along with the SKH-410 Atmos enabled speakers. I may still do that though. Buy these and what they recommended, then sell off the "tall boy" towers from the set. « Show Less
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Onkyo makes a matching center/surround package--the SKS-4800--but it doesn't appear to be for sale in North America. OnkyoUSA's reps had no idea whether they would be available here. Most audiophiles recommend matched speakers across the front for timbre matching; if not matched then at least the same brand if possible. (Or else run a phantom center). I ended up getting an Onkyo SKC-540C center channel speaker from an online auction as its specs seemed closest to these--it's not normally sold separately (they were sold as part of the HT970 HTiB set).
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one with similiar sized woofer and tweeter and goes down to 60 or 70 hz.Drop off usually occurs 10 hz before the stated low and in mho need a center that goes down to a minimum of 80 hz.Bummer price went back up day before i could order these,grr
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I still use the Kef speakers as my surround speakers and they are really good. My front speakers are klipsch. Center channel is also Kef. Never felt the need to change them.
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Depends on what you are doing....for music playback, a center channel won't do much. For surround sound, such as movies, a center channel is needed to properly produce dialogue in the movie or other media. If the DX675 is 5.1 surround or better, you will benefit.
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I replaced a smaller center channel speaker in my home theater with a Polk. I was able to stop using close captioning after installing the Polk center channel speaker. It greatly improved the clarity of my system. So after that I added the bookshelf speakers as replacements for my left & right front speakers. I'm very happy with them. If you use these as part of a home theater system I would advise the use of a subwoofer. That way you get lots of bass without having to use high volume.
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Would be a great setup in a small to medium room. The es series center speaker matches perfectly. Set your receiver speaker setting to "small" so they won't be overwhelmed with bass they can't produce.
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The center speaker of this unit can be used for the center channel but then the remaining speakers would be useless unless they are connected to other channels of your system.
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These are excellent and very directional surround speakers that should work well with your current high-end stuff. I've been very happy with mine. Most sources - satellite TV, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV - anything except for BluRay - depend a lot more on the front speakers.
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I got mine for a center channel with the 5650 as left and right and a sub. Sounds great. I almost would even have bought this one for my left and right. Very clear and crisp but definitely pair with an additional sub.
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I have been very happy with my "Home theater application". I am using 2 of these as my main left and right channels on a 100" projector screen. I did install them up in the ceiling so the sound is kind of straight down. I sit about 12-15ft back from the screen. I would maybe look into having a Pair of these on the wall and facing forward for a little better sound. Other than that, they sound real good in my 5.1 setup. I have been to several friends homes with sound-bars and surround setups. these still sound better.
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With these speaker systems you should not run any sub out rcas to them, your best bet is to just run the standard speaker wire and set the receiver to large size and that will send the lfe/.1 channel to the front speakers and make.sure you turn off the sub option in the menu of the receiver. As far as which center to get , I would definitely recommend going with the 8060 because it will play louder and cleaner because the built in amp takes care of the bass and use a 40 hertz crossover or higher on all the speakers.
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It would be fine to use a center speaker but I would rather recommend this speaker as it is designed to be a center...Polk Audio 255C-RT In-wall / In-ceiling center channel speaker
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Hopefully your receiver has the crossover in it, if not, get a passive crossover and put it between the receiver and center channel.
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Interesting scenario. The only I can think of is to split the connection since you probably only have one center channel speaker output on your receiver. The other thing you can do is use your rear center channel connection if your receiver has it.
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A Bose 191 speaker will work very well as a center channel speaker. Try eBay.
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Sorry, we were not actually using this for a center channel speaker. I don't even recall the speakers that we attached. It was for a corporate video conf installation and we were just retrofitting what was already there. The speakers were mounted on the sides of the TVs and we just relocated them to the bottom. Sorry I could not help you.
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You could. I don't know how it would work/look for center. But def plenty of bass if you turn your crossover up on receiver.
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I think HDMI Connections has nothing much to do with center, any other conections either! HDMI 2.0??? I think axials serve better for dynamic view, at least in acoustics, hearing!!