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they're pretty far apart, maybe a good 10 to 15 feet (toed-in of course). and what i was saying was that they DO sound a lot better with center turned off.

ok, so i got the academy, and while its actually in better shape than i thought it would be from the ebay photos, its not not really a good enough match for the heresys. i wasnt expecting it to be perfect, and its certainly not a bad sounding speaker for a 2 way, i guess it's just really suffering from the lack of a mid horn compared to the heresy IIs, its not a good enough tone match espicially in midrange clarity, its more mellow/laid-back and slightly less dynamic and detailed, it just sounds kind of "meh", compared to the heresy's "wow". (it also seems to be a little more fatiguing than the heresys) Also, for some reason, it seems to Negativly affect the imaging of the system quite a bit in some ways, including significantly narrowing the front soundstage. With everyone always telling me how the center is the most important speaker in a HT, i was expecting Any center to be a big improvement to imaging even if it wasnt a perfect match. But (discounting maybe a little improvement in soundstage depth) overall the imaging seems to be a bit worse with the center than without it. so bottom line is that at the moment, in both sound quality and imaging, i think my system sounds a fair bit better with the center off (just the heresys running in stereo) than with the center on. So I'm gonna keep playing with the positioning and levels, but it's starting to look likely that i'll try to re-sell it. Anyone looking for an Academy in eastern Connecticut?

ok, i pulled the trigger on the academy on ebay. the beat up oak cabinet is fine, it's just gonna get shoved under my tv stand anyway, won't be too visable.

normally i would only ever buy speakers locally where i can listen to them before purchase, but there's an Academy (with cosmetic damage) up on ebay right now for $180 (+ $47 shipping). is that a good enough deal to be worth the non-refundable risk of not being able to listen to it beforehand or inspect it personally? from what i gather the academys are really rare and i might never find one locally (eastern CT).

yeah, i definitly want a low horizontal center to go under the tv. (wall mounting above is not an option where its located) the Academy looks to be about the perfect size, but actually finding one may be bit of a challenge... Am i correct in assumming that none of klipsch's modern refrence series would be anywhere close to a match for the heresys? very nice wall mounts though, may try that if i end up getting heresy surrounds.

but what about the center? a heresy isnt exactly shaped to be shoved under (or hung over) the tv screen like a modern horizontal design center. while a full set of heresys would be awesome, does anyone have any more practical recomendations for a center that will work well? and i may actually start keeping an eye on craigslist for a cheap set of old heresys for the surrounds, but that aside, are there any recomendations for any smaller (wall mountable?) surrounds that would mesh well with the heresys?

I've had my pair of unbelievably perfect sounding Heresy IIs since last december and i'm starting to feel that it's time to start thinking seriously about what surrounds and center would be an ideal match for them to bring it up to propper surround sound. does anyone have recomendations for what i should be looking at? I'm worried that it'll be tricky to find anything that measures up to these for any sort of reasonable budget, and I dont think i have the space for more heritage speakers. (btw, my receiver is a pretty good sounding onkyo sr507, and the Heresy IIs are a mint condition sequential serial pair, 1985 4ohm model, honey birch w/ cane grills.)