Please help me choose a surround and center for my HT

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gkouvaras
gkouvaras Posts: 23
edited December 2003 in Speakers
Hello,
I am trying to set up my HT and I am having trouble find a good match. I have a pair of Polk SDA-1 for my main speakers and they are absolutely amazing. My trouble is I haven't been able to find a center or surrounds that come close to the clarity and smoothness of them... Currently I have JBL LX300's as my surrounds and they are fine for now but my main problem is my center channel... I have an Infinity Overture 1 and I have found my self just using a 2 channel stereo setup to watch movies and tv because the SDA's just sound so much better... Any recomendations?
Thanks,
Greg
Home Theater:
Denon 3805
2 sda-1's up front
2 monitor 10's for the center
2 JBL LX300 surrounds
1 Velodyne FSX-12
1 M&K V-1B

Other room:
2 original Acoustic Research AR3's
2 JBL Eon 15 (just to piss off the neighbors)
crown com-tech 400 THX
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited December 2003
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    Lots of opinions on this particular subject, lots of info if you can find it.

    Some setups and opinions I've seen/heard here that work well as follows, with a little searching, you should find them all.

    1. Build a center with Monitor / RTA / SDA drivers. One member has done just that with parts from a single Monitor 8. Another did the same with parts from a single RTA15tl.

    2. A few simply use the CS400, and like the pairing.

    3. A pair of, or single CRS is an obvious choice as center in an SDA HT rig.

    4. I've heard a couple mentions of a certain Def Tech center mating up well with SDA.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,408
    edited December 2003
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    somebody reported excellent results with the LSiC also
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited December 2003
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    I think Hoosier21 may have a center that would work nice with your mains in the "Flea Market". I haven't heard this combo, but was very tempted on this center when my 10Bs were doing HT duty.
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,408
    edited December 2003
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    gidrah has been promoted to marketing, don't forget the surrounds lol
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

    "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
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  • gkouvaras
    gkouvaras Posts: 23
    edited December 2003
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    RuSsMaN... Do you know who built the center out of parts from the old monitor series? I would like to try and get some help building my own...
    Home Theater:
    Denon 3805
    2 sda-1's up front
    2 monitor 10's for the center
    2 JBL LX300 surrounds
    1 Velodyne FSX-12
    1 M&K V-1B

    Other room:
    2 original Acoustic Research AR3's
    2 JBL Eon 15 (just to piss off the neighbors)
    crown com-tech 400 THX
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited December 2003
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    Member name 'Burdette'.

    http://clubpolk.polkaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10434&highlight=Monitor

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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