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Richard Barham
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Couldn't find an answer to this with a couple of searches, but I hope this is the correct place to pose this question.
Can anyone offer an explanation of why the centre speaker in a 5-channel setup is regarded as being so important or even necessary?
Surely a well set up pair of L and R speaker of reasonable quality should be capable of re-creating a satisfactory stereo image. This would also overcome the problem of siting the centre speaker, which except for projection systems, has always to be a compromise (i.e. it has to go above or below the screen).
Not actually having had experience of 5-channel systems so far, I wonder if I'm missing a crucial point.
Thanks
Can anyone offer an explanation of why the centre speaker in a 5-channel setup is regarded as being so important or even necessary?
Surely a well set up pair of L and R speaker of reasonable quality should be capable of re-creating a satisfactory stereo image. This would also overcome the problem of siting the centre speaker, which except for projection systems, has always to be a compromise (i.e. it has to go above or below the screen).
Not actually having had experience of 5-channel systems so far, I wonder if I'm missing a crucial point.
Thanks