timbre matching

jeremie
jeremie Posts: 246
edited March 2006 in Speakers
is it important to have all the speakers the same in a 7.1 setup. Reason i ask is that i am thinking of doing a 7.1 with (5)LC265i and 2 Niles inwall FX speakers. I know the tweaters are different but was curious if that would make a difference since it is side affect? Also is it ok to have the center vertical vs. Horizontal?
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,058
    edited March 2006
    It's not set in stone but is a good rule of thumb to have all speakers timbre matched.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited March 2006
    You're OK as long as the front soundstage matches.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited March 2006
    the back surrounds i've found to not be as important for EXACT timbre; but still get as close as you can.
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