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Newbie - Center question


neilo

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Putting together my first HT setup. Just purchased a set of SB-1's and was looking for any suggestion for the center channel. The site recomends the SC5, but I can get an SC1 for a great price. Will this larger center overpower the SB-1's? I have a Denon RX3 receiver.

Any thoughts would be welcome.

Thanks

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Welcome, Neilo. Your life and your wallet will never be the same!

You are looking for sonically matched front speakers. The SC-.5 has the identical tweeter as the SB-1s, has the same crossover point (2700 hz), and almost identical sensitivity (91 vs 92 db). The SC-1 uses a different tweeter, different crossover (lower), and different sensivity (higher - which means it will play louder with a given input signal - however, that can be adjusted in your receiver).

I'd say get the SC-.5. Can you get both and listen to them, and return the one you don't want?

Doug

This message has been edited by dougdrake2 on 07-03-2001 at 04:47 PM

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Thanks for the ideas Doug, I figured as much after looking through the forum and seeing similar topics. Buying both really wasnt an option (the SC1 was back-ordered) so I grabbed the smaller one. It sounds terrific. The larger one definitely would have been to much, I had to turn down the center to even it out as it was.

Thanks again... Neil

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