Any traditional bookshelf speakers good with TL1 Center?

JiminKY
JiminKY Posts: 6
edited April 2017 in Speakers
The wife's recent furniture acquisition has required me to ditch the full-sized center that matched my Sony SS-MB150h bookshelf speakers and served me well, for a long time. After she nixed my idea of wall mounting the 65" screen high enough to clear something reasonably-sized, I found myself in a frantic search for the lowest-profile center I could find. The result was a Blackstone TL1.

I've now had the opportunity to run Audyssey calibration on my my Denon 2112-CI, and am really not digging the way the Polk is sounding with the Sony fronts. And while the setup is 85% HT, we do watch a lot of concerts and music content, and I do some stereo listening to vinyl and SACD, so I'm not ready to downsize to a full set of mini, satellite-type speakers.

So my question is would any of Polk's larger, higher-end bookshelf or tower speakers have a better chance of meshing with the TL1 center?

Thanks for any advice or direction.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,314
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    Generally the front 3 should match

    Wouldn't really call the TL1 center the greatest idea, but maybe Pioneer Andrew Jones Designed Book shelf Loudspeakers would fit the bill

    You could also look at the new Polk signature line which has a slim line center and build around it
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  • JiminKY
    JiminKY Posts: 6
    The Signature center was my first instinct, but I balked at the price. I was hoping an inexpensive, modern Polk would sound at least as good as an inexpensive, 15-year-old Sony. Now that I've heard it, though, might be time to break out the wallet.

    Thanks for the other suggestion, too. Gives me something to think about.
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