Thug
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About 4 years ago i built my cinema room (Epson 9300 projector, Denon 2300x amp etc).
I also bought a Centon Movie 75 5.1 speaker system too, which i use with a pair of Monitor Audio Pro-ic80 speakers for Atmos, which has always worked and sounded great so far..
Last week i remembered that in the garage i had a pair of Kef iQ1 SP3499 speakers that i used to use with my old hifi and thought i would give them a go replacing my front L/R speakers. To my surprise they sounded very good in comparison (so much so even my wife commented).
This has now got my into thinking of upgrading, a bit at a time, and think that the next noticeable upgrade will be the centre speaker.
Now this will be wall mounted, so i dont want it too large, sticking out much or heavy as it needs to be fairly discrete as its also a second living room.
I intend to keep my Denon Amp, Kef front speakers, my MA Atmos speakers, and possibly my rear Centons and base unit too (for now, but might be looked at in the future).
Any recommendations for a centre speaker upto about £200?
Was thinking maybe the Kef T101, for the simple reasons of price, being thin and also being the same make as my L/R.
The spec for what i have so far is as follows.
Centon Movie 75 - Fequency response 120 - 25.000Hz (all speakers except sub which is 38 - 140Hz)
Monitor Audio Pro IC80 - 50 - 25.000Hz
Kef iQ1 SP3499 - 50 - 40.000Hz
I would prefer 60hz (or there about) so i can set them as 80Hz in the amp.
Lastly and slightly off topic, would i now be better setting my amp as LFE+Main due to my Kef speakers going down quite low, or just leave it as LFE?
I also bought a Centon Movie 75 5.1 speaker system too, which i use with a pair of Monitor Audio Pro-ic80 speakers for Atmos, which has always worked and sounded great so far..
Last week i remembered that in the garage i had a pair of Kef iQ1 SP3499 speakers that i used to use with my old hifi and thought i would give them a go replacing my front L/R speakers. To my surprise they sounded very good in comparison (so much so even my wife commented).
This has now got my into thinking of upgrading, a bit at a time, and think that the next noticeable upgrade will be the centre speaker.
Now this will be wall mounted, so i dont want it too large, sticking out much or heavy as it needs to be fairly discrete as its also a second living room.
I intend to keep my Denon Amp, Kef front speakers, my MA Atmos speakers, and possibly my rear Centons and base unit too (for now, but might be looked at in the future).
Any recommendations for a centre speaker upto about £200?
Was thinking maybe the Kef T101, for the simple reasons of price, being thin and also being the same make as my L/R.
The spec for what i have so far is as follows.
Centon Movie 75 - Fequency response 120 - 25.000Hz (all speakers except sub which is 38 - 140Hz)
Monitor Audio Pro IC80 - 50 - 25.000Hz
Kef iQ1 SP3499 - 50 - 40.000Hz
I would prefer 60hz (or there about) so i can set them as 80Hz in the amp.
Lastly and slightly off topic, would i now be better setting my amp as LFE+Main due to my Kef speakers going down quite low, or just leave it as LFE?
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