very odd idea to do with Ifi's but....

[Scp53]

Ok, Im not sure if this is the right place to ask this but here it goes.

I have a yamaha rx v420(5.1), rb25s,sb3s, dayton titanic mk3 10 sub, atlas 15 sub. Now, I want to add a center channel to all this. HOWEVER, I dont want to spend big dollars. Sooo, Im thinking of using one of the rb25s as a center, then taking the LR speaker level outs and running it into a converter, and then run that into the ifis. Because they are in the same series I think the rb25 would match ok. The mains(ifis) would be set to LARGE as they have a sub on them, and the center would be set as small.

And as for the rears, that would be done by my sb3s set to small. The sub duty would be done by my two subs. What do you guys/girls think about that? My MAIN REASON why Im thinking of going this way is 1) i can get the ifi's refurbed for 220ish with tax/shipping, and 2) I can use them for the computer, games, portable movies,etc.

I also think if i dont like them as mains, I could use them as rears in the same way. Just put the speaker level to line level converter in ther and Im done.

The only problem I see with using one of these converters, http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=265-026 , is over powering it. I would have to turn up the channels on the receiver resulting in turning down the master and then turning up the vol. on the ifis. ONLY if I bought a real nice converter, http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=302-307 , would I not have to worry about over driving it,etc. So that would be around 285 for all that shipped. To me that would be getting high, so the more simple and much cheaper converter is what I want to use.

Ok, sorry for the long post. Let me know comments, suggestions, etc on my idea. and, OF COURSE, this is NOT ideal. So dont talk to me about that. I just want to know if it will work pretty well. Thanks, scp53

[rjon17469]

You could do all that, although you'd be putting one of the RB-25's to rest! My recommendation: keep the RB-25's as mains, and get a RCX-4 for your center. It should match very well, give you better overall system performence, and save you some $$$, as I believe you can find RCX-4's for under $200.

Reece

[ancientdude]

Or go for a used rc3 center which run under 200.

Why get so complicated when you can be simple?

grab another pair of rb25's for the back for 200-250 and you have a full 5 channel system, with no worries about trying some quirky experiment that is bound to lose money