jacobe
Established Member
I was wondering if it would be completely inadvisable to use floor speakers as center speaker.
I have an Infinity system with Beta 50 fronts and a Beta C360 center. I've never really been able to tonally match them to my satisfaction, but whenever I watch movies with a stereo soundtrack I really like the dialogue sound produced by the Beta 50s.
Now I fear I may have blown the tweeter in the C360 (sound has become very harsh lately) so I may need a new center speak anyway. That gave me the idea; instead of looking for a new center speaker which may or may not be a good match for the fronts, why not hunt down a second pair of Beta 50s and use one (or even both) for the center channel.
I won't have any placement problems since my speakers are behind an acoustically transparent screen, but are there any disadvantages with using a floor speaker? And if not, would two be better than one, or vice versa?
I have an Infinity system with Beta 50 fronts and a Beta C360 center. I've never really been able to tonally match them to my satisfaction, but whenever I watch movies with a stereo soundtrack I really like the dialogue sound produced by the Beta 50s.
Now I fear I may have blown the tweeter in the C360 (sound has become very harsh lately) so I may need a new center speak anyway. That gave me the idea; instead of looking for a new center speaker which may or may not be a good match for the fronts, why not hunt down a second pair of Beta 50s and use one (or even both) for the center channel.
I won't have any placement problems since my speakers are behind an acoustically transparent screen, but are there any disadvantages with using a floor speaker? And if not, would two be better than one, or vice versa?