center channel putting in wall

[blueblenny]

you can tell I have lots of tiny theater questions as I tweak this theater closer to where I want it!   I hope to eventually post some pictures... this is just a long term project.

 

I am working with the wife to find furniture that fits my speakers and receiver with airflow and her design preferences,  and we are now at the custom building route, which we hoped to avoid.

But, this is not about  custom building furniture... it is about the center channel

 

If I change my center channel from the RC-52 external speaker to the Pro 6602   is there anyway of running that speaker mismatched from my mains successfully?  (I have the reference RF3 IIs)    I do have a Marantz 7010 which has quite good eq control, and I know how to run audio analysis on a room to bring it in manually if I need to.    My center already has a slightly different color, but i know it runs different material sonically than the mains.

 

The cost saving of what I can get on sale for Pro line center in wall is about $300 less than the Reference line in wall right now...  and the entire in ceiling upgrade might hinge on if I can get rid of the center speaker... I need the hole in the wall as an access point to fish cables.

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[blueblenny]

Or maybe I should ask, will what I loose by putting the center in the wall make this option no good regardless of what speaker sits in there?

[Paducah Home Theater]

If you are going to keep your mains I'd go with a reference center, even if that means an in-wall.  The pro just doesn't have the same coloration as the reference and won't match very well across your LCR's.  

[jjptkd]

If you're going to cut a big hole in your wall anyway maybe you could build a little recessed shelf for a regular center speaker?