Your center channel should sound as close to possible as your mains. Otherwixse you are better off using a "phantom center" channel and sitting in the sweet spot. By the way, the amp you have is putting out 3 or 4 ohms vs 8 ohms most speakers use and as such the limited resistance will increase power coming through the outputs which can ruin the speaker/amp.rastan
And it was those type of problems that I was worried about. :/ In one hand, I can technically upgrade.. yet in the other I still can't. You guys have helped tremendously and have managed to teach me some about speakers/surround sound systems.
Well in some possible good news... I took a center speaker from an old home surround sound system of mine and connected it to my current theater system and it works.
It will not work. That is a home theater in a box system, not a real A/V receiver. Alternative, buy a proper home theater system. Word of advice, avoid home theater in a box.
NVIDIATI
And there is some news I was afraid of. :( Technically, I didn't buy it but it was packaged with the HDTV I bought. I love the thing since it is able to play blu-ray and access the internet and all that fun stuff.. but it's saddening to hear I can't apparently upgrade the speakers for it (as they are not to my standards). Lets say I'm willing to spend $300-350 is there any suggestions you would have?
Well there are a few options, but this Onkyo system would be your best bet. ($319)
Its labelled as a home theater in a box, but its really an A/V receiver bundled with some Onkyo speakers and a powered sub.
Wow, that looks like a really nice home theater system.. however, it is a 7.1 and I live in a decently small apartment room currently (and I'll be living in small rooms for some years since I'll be off to graduate school in a year). In fact, it's almost questionable if a 5.1 surround sound is really necessary at this point (aka a center bar or whatever its called surround sound system might work fine for me). So if you have any lower priced 5.1 or center bar systems, I would definitely be open to looking at them as well. I mean I'm willing to spend that price range I mentioned, but if I can get something that'd work just fine for a small room for cheaper than that price range, I'm all for that too! I can't thank you guys enough for all the help so far!
It will not work. That is a home theater in a box system, not a real A/V receiver. Alternative, buy a proper home theater system. Word of advice, avoid home theater in a box.
topgunmv
It'll "work" as long as the receiver can handle 8 ohm speakers, it's just questionable how good it will sound.
Also, the price just went down another 10%.
Ok, at this point this thread is a roller coaster of emotions for me. haha I'd LOVE if it would work because it's really disheartening to hear that I may have to go out and buy another system. I see the price went down but in the end it is only $4 (and longer shipping for me since the shipping is now $14 on it) since I can get the speaker for $89 with free prime shipping. Is there anyway I could look at the box and give you some information that would allow you to determine if the speaker would work well or not?
It will not work. That is a home theater in a box system, not a real A/V receiver. Alternative, buy a proper home theater system. Word of advice, avoid home theater in a box.
NVIDIATI
And there is some news I was afraid of. :( Technically, I didn't buy it but it was packaged with the HDTV I bought. I love the thing since it is able to play blu-ray and access the internet and all that fun stuff.. but it's saddening to hear I can't apparently upgrade the speakers for it (as they are not to my standards). Lets say I'm willing to spend $300-350 is there any suggestions you would have?
There aren't many details provided for the bluray system, so I'm just going to assume it isn't that great.
As for the center channel though, that's the exact same one I have. Awesome speaker, especially for the cost. That's about half the price I picked it up for, so it looks like a good deal to me. Just an fyi, the thing is huge, almost 2 feet wide.
topgunmv
That's welcomed news! I'm just worried that the receiver sends out too high of a wattage (not sure if that even makes sense) and could blow this speaker but it doesn't seem you are worried about anything going wrong.
Usually what blows a speaker is over exerting an amplifier to the point of distorting. The low end recommendation on the polk is 20 watts and it has a pretty nice 91 db efficiency, which means it *shouldn't* take too much power to get the sound you want out of it.
Another thing I should mention is that it's probably much higher quality than the other speakers in your system, so there may be a distracting difference in the sound quality between it and your other speakers.
Good to know, I really appreciate it! If you, or anyone else, has a preference for some good front and rear speakers I'd also appreciate that information. I'm not looking to break my bank account, but I also wouldn't mind having a nice set of speakers at my disposal (preferably ones I wouldn't have to worry blowing without blowing my ear drums as well haha). Also, I live in a small-ish apartment room currently as I'm a college student, so I'm in no need of some big standing speakers or anything like that.
There aren't many details provided for the bluray system, so I'm just going to assume it isn't that great.
As for the center channel though, that's the exact same one I have. Awesome speaker, especially for the cost. That's about half the price I picked it up for, so it looks like a good deal to me. Just an fyi, the thing is huge, almost 2 feet wide.
topgunmv
That's welcomed news! I'm just worried that the receiver sends out too high of a wattage (not sure if that even makes sense) and could blow this speaker but it doesn't seem you are worried about anything going wrong.
Ok, I'm not very experienced when it comes to speakers and I'm currently wondering if this speaker:http://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-Center-Channel-Speaker/dp/B0018QROM2/ref=sr_1_1?s=aht&ie=UTF8&qid=1296601548&sr=1-1
would work with my current home theater system (it came free with a TV and I'm not impressed with the speaker quality and looking to upgrade them on top of the fact that the center speaker is now blown :( ): http://www.amazon.com/LG-LHB535-1100-Watt-Network-Blu-ray/dp/B0038KELGS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296601791&sr=8-1
If it doesn't work, a quick explanation and an alternative speaker choice would be appreciated. If it does work, let me know if it looks like a good deal or if there are any better deals out there! Thanks in advance!
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