abraxas888
Power Member
Myth: "Center speakers should be from the same product line as the left and right speakers to ensure a tonal match." The reasoning behind this is that having a center speaker from a different product line will not be timbre-matched with the front left/right speaker, and that will create a schizophrenic soundstage as panning sounds change tonality across the front speakers.
Truth: Often the center speaker will be very different due to using a fundamentally different design and cannot be a tonal match. Most centers are merely an aesthetic match with the rest of the front stage, not an acoustic match. The problem is that so many center speakers use an MTM design, which we have often written about (some examples: Vertical vs. Horizontal Center Speaker Designs, Center Speaker Design Alternate Perspective, and Center Speaker Design Additional Considerations). For whatever strengths or shortcomings this design type has, one thing it will not do is match any normal front left/right speaker. The reason is that the off-axis response is radically different on both the vertical and horizontal axis. Much of the sound that you hear from your system does not come directly from the speakers but is acoustic reflections from room surfaces. This being the case, in order for speakers to sound the same in-room, they have to have similar acoustic behavior at all angles, not just for the single direction facing forward. Many center speakers just don’t do this at all within their speaker line.
https://www.audioholics.com/loudspeaker-design/10-audio-myths
Comfirmo, já tive várias combinações e é completamente irrelevante serem do mesmo modelo, ou sequer da mesma marca.
Truth: Often the center speaker will be very different due to using a fundamentally different design and cannot be a tonal match. Most centers are merely an aesthetic match with the rest of the front stage, not an acoustic match. The problem is that so many center speakers use an MTM design, which we have often written about (some examples: Vertical vs. Horizontal Center Speaker Designs, Center Speaker Design Alternate Perspective, and Center Speaker Design Additional Considerations). For whatever strengths or shortcomings this design type has, one thing it will not do is match any normal front left/right speaker. The reason is that the off-axis response is radically different on both the vertical and horizontal axis. Much of the sound that you hear from your system does not come directly from the speakers but is acoustic reflections from room surfaces. This being the case, in order for speakers to sound the same in-room, they have to have similar acoustic behavior at all angles, not just for the single direction facing forward. Many center speakers just don’t do this at all within their speaker line.
https://www.audioholics.com/loudspeaker-design/10-audio-myths
Comfirmo, já tive várias combinações e é completamente irrelevante serem do mesmo modelo, ou sequer da mesma marca.