dcler Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Hi I'm newbie here, just joined. Trying to build a 7.1 system. Wondering if all the 4 surround speakers need to have the same fidelity between them and to match the fronts. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatrixDweller Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 The perfect setup is all speakers matched but in reality the rear surrounds don't get much play in movies. You'd want them to be similar but not nessessarily the same. A lot of people recommend dipole/bipole for surrounds and monopole for rears. I think in and good system the power handling should be about the same on all speakers and driven adequatly by the amplifier. I would think you wouldn't want 150W speakers up front, 100W on the sides and 50W at the rear. I would think that would have the potential to do some damage to the lesser capable speakers if you were to turn it up loud. In most movies it would probably be safe but for 7 channel audio such as DVDA or SACD or matrixed modes it might be questionable. Anyone else chime in if I'm wrong please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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