John24ssj
Prominent Member
SO,
This is a continuing saga and a pain of my existence. Currently my center channel (QA 3090C) is the weak point in my setup in comparison to everything else. Thus I want to upgrade but the upgrade will start with center channel outwards as I love my QA 3050 towers, they sound awesome to me and I got no beef with them.
I sorted out my clearance issue and will be getting a new TV cabinet thus I will be able to have a center channel up to 24cm high. My plan is to have a 5.2.4 system.
It appears that getting Monoprice THX365C is the best bang for the buck as it's a THX Ultra certified speaker for £368!! Monitors and surrounds are great price too, so future upgrade path total is £1700. HOWEVER, sadly the stock is not due until October additionally they are not the best looking speakers and monitors with surrounds can't be wall mounted, I will need to build shelf's for them (don't want to have monitor stands and trying to move away from tower speakers). This is the rational choice my brain and wallet agrees with it.
Now my heart is telling me to get Arendal 1723 Center S THX which is a great speaker and it looks amazing BUT the future upgrade path would total to £3400 which is twice the cost of the monoprice and are they going to sound twice as good? And I am wondering do I really need such high end speakers when the only speaker in my system that I am unhappy with is my center speaker.
It's quite difficult when the mind and heart want different things. Any opinions highly appreciated.
This is a continuing saga and a pain of my existence. Currently my center channel (QA 3090C) is the weak point in my setup in comparison to everything else. Thus I want to upgrade but the upgrade will start with center channel outwards as I love my QA 3050 towers, they sound awesome to me and I got no beef with them.
I sorted out my clearance issue and will be getting a new TV cabinet thus I will be able to have a center channel up to 24cm high. My plan is to have a 5.2.4 system.
It appears that getting Monoprice THX365C is the best bang for the buck as it's a THX Ultra certified speaker for £368!! Monitors and surrounds are great price too, so future upgrade path total is £1700. HOWEVER, sadly the stock is not due until October additionally they are not the best looking speakers and monitors with surrounds can't be wall mounted, I will need to build shelf's for them (don't want to have monitor stands and trying to move away from tower speakers). This is the rational choice my brain and wallet agrees with it.
Now my heart is telling me to get Arendal 1723 Center S THX which is a great speaker and it looks amazing BUT the future upgrade path would total to £3400 which is twice the cost of the monoprice and are they going to sound twice as good? And I am wondering do I really need such high end speakers when the only speaker in my system that I am unhappy with is my center speaker.
It's quite difficult when the mind and heart want different things. Any opinions highly appreciated.