Futurist Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 What would be a good center channel match with using RF 82's for my front speakers.. I have heard other people ask what would be a good match when putting together a surround sound system... Does it really matter if i use a Polk or a cheap kilpsch for a center?.. Or would it benefit in some way using a similar type or wattage? I don't know yet what I want to use for my rear surrounds.. I just got Elac b6's that are pretty nice or I may just pick up some cheap Klipsch rear speakers off of CL's. And I'm not going to use a sub because I'm staying in a condo and can't make to much noise.. Right now they sound really good just using the RF 82's for movies.. Without the center channel. Is a center channel important?.. I know thats where most of the dialog is heard but its sounds really good without it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockOn4Klipsch Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 The center channel is probably the most important speaker in a home theater setup. It's also a good idea to stay within the same family of speakers, a model up or down won't be as detrimental as using something extremely different in design. Speakers within a family are typically voiced similarly to one another, you may notice a difference in output and frequency response is all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 2 hours ago, RockOn4Klipsch said: The center channel is probably the most important speaker in a home theater setup. It's also a good idea to stay within the same family of speakers, a model up or down won't be as detrimental as using something extremely different in design. Speakers within a family are typically voiced similarly to one another, you may notice a difference in output and frequency response is all. +1 Another RF82 or an RC62 would work best. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futurist Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 10 hours ago, Ceptorman said: +1 Another RF82 or an RC62 would work best. I never thought of using a RF 82 cool idea! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 9 minutes ago, Futurist said: I never thought of using a RF 82 cool idea! Like Rockon said, the center is probably the most important speaker for HT. I learned this a while back, (thanks Scrappy) got the best center I could to match my towers, and what a HUGE difference it made. A Klipsch RC52 is also a good speaker for your 82s, and priced well, but the RC62 is a much better speaker, but a little more money, and harder to find. There's also a mark ll line to the Klipsch Reference line, i.e......RF82ll, RC52ll, RC62ll etc....those would sound slightly different, but would work ok. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calhockey10 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Where are you located I just posted a RC62 in the alerts for $200 lowest I have seen it in awhile. I have 82's and started out with the 52 then upgraded to the 62 big difference. http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/ele/5894670163.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futurist Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 1 hour ago, calhockey10 said: Where are you located I just posted a RC62 in the alerts for $200 lowest I have seen it in awhile. I have 82's and started out with the 52 then upgraded to the 62 big difference. http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/ele/5894670163.html I'm in Maine.. I won't be able to get one for a few weeks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calhockey10 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I bought mine off of ebay for about 250 or 275 I believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calhockey10 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 one in boston as well http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/ele/5867548843.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 4 hours ago, calhockey10 said: one in boston as well http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/ele/5867548843.html This looks like a good buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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