Mainah904
Standard Member
I recently upgraded my Paradigm Millenia speakers (townhouse living restricted my selections) to some Monitor Silver 100 (6g) bookshelf speakers while the good deals could be had, since I am moving into a new house this fall. They are impressive for their size. Before the MilleniaOne speakers, I had Paradigm Titans, and these easily blow my old Paradigm Titans away.
The problem I am having is that I cannot decide between the Silver c150 and c350 center channels. My viewing is 70/30 Home Theater/Music. I currently have a Denon AVR-S710W, but will upgrade to a Denon x3700h later this year when I move in.
I am in the unique position of having both center channels in my living room to demo, but can only turn it up when both neighbors are gone. I set the c350 as my left channel, and the c150 as my right channel, and then turned on music in stereo mode only. My initial impression is that the c150 has the edge at lower volume, but as I start to turn it up (which I have not had much opportunity to do yet), the c350 starts to pull ahead. I re-ran Audessy and got that all configured for both. I have both set to Large speakers, with the crossover set at 80Hz.
The other problem is that the c350 is HUGE. I can fit the c150 in my current entertainment center, but will have to build a new one to accommodate the larger center and larger TV this fall.
Has anyone else done side by side comparisons for these? Am I missing something? Any other tweaks I should make? My next step is a toggle switch to set both up as center, but be able to flip between them at the push of a button to do easy back to back testing.
The problem I am having is that I cannot decide between the Silver c150 and c350 center channels. My viewing is 70/30 Home Theater/Music. I currently have a Denon AVR-S710W, but will upgrade to a Denon x3700h later this year when I move in.
I am in the unique position of having both center channels in my living room to demo, but can only turn it up when both neighbors are gone. I set the c350 as my left channel, and the c150 as my right channel, and then turned on music in stereo mode only. My initial impression is that the c150 has the edge at lower volume, but as I start to turn it up (which I have not had much opportunity to do yet), the c350 starts to pull ahead. I re-ran Audessy and got that all configured for both. I have both set to Large speakers, with the crossover set at 80Hz.
The other problem is that the c350 is HUGE. I can fit the c150 in my current entertainment center, but will have to build a new one to accommodate the larger center and larger TV this fall.
Has anyone else done side by side comparisons for these? Am I missing something? Any other tweaks I should make? My next step is a toggle switch to set both up as center, but be able to flip between them at the push of a button to do easy back to back testing.