how important is "timbre" match with speakers?

poloman1211
poloman1211 Posts: 28
edited March 2009 in Speakers
There is alot of talk of getting speakers that timbre match but if a recevier can calibre the speakers, so cant you get all the speakers to "timbre match" ? or am i completely off?

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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited March 2009
    Timbre matching refers to the actual sound of the speakers. Different speakers have different sounds. The tweeters/mids/woofers in the RTi series are going to sound much different than the tweeters/mids/woofers in the LSi series.

    Timbre matching isn't something that can be corrected through calibration in an AVR. You are much better off with a timbre matched setup though. Affects that go from front to back, or across your front soundstage sound much better with a timber matched setup.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited March 2009
    Yep, Curt is right on the money with this. However, occasionally you can get lucky like me, it seems my CerwinVega center matches up nicely with my R50's up front. (I do wonder what it would sound like with a CS10 though).;)
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited March 2009
    There is at least one of our Polk Gurus who's said timbre matching doesn't matter as long as it sounds good to 'you'. Can't remember who that was. But maybe he'll show up in this post.

    As for me...I'd go with Curt, et.al, above.

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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited March 2009
    I've mixed and matched a few centers and mains and having a timbre matched front stage will always sound more convincing. IMO, it's not as important with rears, but I would still recommend it.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited March 2009
    cnh wrote: »
    There is at least one of our Polk Gurus who's said timbre matching doesn't matter as long as it sounds good to 'you'. Can't remember who that was. But maybe he'll show up in this post.

    That would be me. Timbre matching is for wussies.:eek:
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