Crappy speaker or no speaker

ajsankot
ajsankot Posts: 141
edited July 2008 in Speakers
Hey guys, Here is the situation. I have just gotten a pair of R300's and have inheriated a pair of Insignia (the ones with the bowed houseing) and after some wierd evens will have a HK 146 (whimpy I know) on Tuesday. I don't have a center channel or a sub. I do have an old speaker that was a rear for a box set my parents bought 6 years ago. Is that worth makeing into the center channel or is there a better way to just set up the 4 speakers I have?

Thanks for any suggestions
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited July 2008
    Your HK is fine for those speakers. You can set your HK to phantom center, and be better off till you get a matching center.
    Enjoy
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  • Imperitor
    Imperitor Posts: 235
    edited July 2008
    I would give it a try and see how it sounds as a center. If you can't stand it I would go to a 4.0 for now untill you can get a decent center and go 5.0.
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  • ajsankot
    ajsankot Posts: 141
    edited July 2008
    Thanks I will look into that when it comes on Tuesday. I was worried that it would sound bad without a true 5.1 system
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited July 2008
    Some of us prefer 4.1 to 5.1.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • ajsankot
    ajsankot Posts: 141
    edited July 2008
    How do you set up a 4.1? Because I have never really liked the idea of a center channel. Its probably all the cheap systems fault but it seemed to make things havea wierd balance
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited July 2008
    Set your receiver/pre-pro to "Center=Phantom" or "Center=None", and the information will be sent to your mains.
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  • ajsankot
    ajsankot Posts: 141
    edited July 2008
    sweet that is awsome news. Is that what you run?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited July 2008
    Yes.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited July 2008
    ajsankot wrote: »
    sweet that is awsome news. Is that what you run?
    Yes...
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  • Frank840
    Frank840 Posts: 262
    edited July 2008
    when you are ready to get a center i have csi25 i am getting ready to sell for 60 and what ever shipping is that will match your R300's also selling R15's
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited July 2008
    There you go.
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  • ajsankot
    ajsankot Posts: 141
    edited July 2008
    I will play around for a while and let you know. I am sure MD to the midwest isn't too cheap. Do you like your csi25?
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  • Frank840
    Frank840 Posts: 262
    edited July 2008
    ajsankot wrote: »
    I will play around for a while and let you know. I am sure MD to the midwest isn't too cheap. Do you like your csi25?

    ya i like it, butt like most you want more ;) and keep upgrading. it was my first real center and it did the job. shipping to the mid west wouldnt be to bad about 20 ish
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  • xandra
    xandra Posts: 291
    edited July 2008
    FACE:
    set your receiver/pre-pro to "Center=Phantom" or "Center=None", and the information will be sent to your mains.

    what brand reciever do you have that allows you to do that?
    LR Setup:
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited July 2008
    I did it with my old HK 245 and also with my McIntosh MX-119.
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  • Frank840
    Frank840 Posts: 262
    edited July 2008
    xandra wrote: »
    FACE:

    what brand reciever do you have that allows you to do that?

    i know this question wasnt directed to me but you can do it with a lot of recievers

    usallly people have it set something FS-CS-SS when using and all you do is switch to FS or FL-C*-SS .
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