Question: What would be a good center channel for 2.3s?

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SciFiTom
SciFiTom Posts: 58
edited June 2014 in Vintage Speakers
Seeking opinions on the subject.
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  • Mr. Bubbles
    Mr. Bubbles Posts: 736
    edited June 2014
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    Monitor 5, 7, or 10 depending on available space.
    If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of Progress?!


    Monitor 5Jr, Monitor 5, RTA12, RTA 15TL, SDA 2A, 1c, SRS 2, 1.2TL, CRS, Atrium.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited June 2014
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    Another 2.3!!
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited June 2014
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    Polk Audio Csi A6
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Polk-CSi-A6-Center-Speaker-Black-Great-Condition-No-Reserve-/121368521159?pt=Speakers_Subwoofers&hash=item1c4220a9c7
    POLK SDA 2.3 TLS BOUGHT NEW IN 1990, Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-198
    POLK CSI-A6 POLK MONITOR 70'S ONKYO TX NR-808 SONY CDP-333ES
    PIONEER PL-510A SONY BDP S5100
    POLK SDA 1C BOUGHT USED 2011,Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-194
    ONKYO HT RC-360 SONY BDP S590 TECHNICS SL BD-1
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    edited June 2014
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    Or you can roll your own like I did, if you're handy with carpentry and the electronics side
    Home Theater/2 Channel:
    Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
    Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
    Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
    Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
    Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer

    dhsspeakerservice.com/
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 9,085
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    CS350 or 400 are decent matches.
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  • HTguru1982
    HTguru1982 Posts: 1,066
    edited June 2014
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    I use a Monitor 7 with my SDA's and it works perfectly.
    Display: Sony 42" LCD
    Sources: Harman Kardon DVD-27,
    Panasonic DMP-BDT110 blu ray player
    AVR: Sony STR-DA2400ES
    Amps: Sonance Sonamp 260(fronts),
    Kenwood KM-894(surrounds)
    Fronts: NHT 2.5
    Center: NHT VS-1.2A
    Surrounds: NHT Super One
    Subwoofer: SVS PB10-ISD
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,288
    edited June 2014
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    ken brydson wrote: »
    CS350 or 400 are decent matches.

    CS400 or CS400i matches perfectly with any of the SDAs or Vintage monitors with 6-1/2" drivers.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,749
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    So I will throw out the CSi 5. Its cheaper than the A6 and sounds good. NooshinJohn ran his 2.3's with one and they sounded quite good.

    I will also throw out that there is someone on this forum with a CS400 or CS400i (forget which) that you could probably snag and have to you in short order.... If interested PM me for details.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,077
    edited June 2014
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    IMHO....a vintage speaker needs a vintage center. The Polk 400 or 400i and the 1000p are nice centers to match up that vintage Polk sound. Also look at Definitive Technology, they voice match well with Polk speakers.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • Denzel
    Denzel Posts: 78
    edited June 2014
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    I have a CS400i with my SDA HT rig. Very pleased & balances well with the M4.6 Series 2 surrounds. Trey (Vr3) had suggested possibly rebuilding the crossover with a bit of a tweak for the voicing, but I haven't went that far yet.
    SDA SRS 3.1TL, Adcom GFP710 (preamp), GFA5400 amplifier, Pro-Ject TT
    SDA SRS (circa 1988), Integra DHC 60.3 (HT preamp) Adcom GFA555 II, CS400i (center), Monitor 4.6 II (rears) Adcom GFA2535 & Oppo BDP-103, TCL 55R617 55" 4K Display, RTA 15TL (crossovers by VR3), Adcom GFP710 pre & GFA545 II amplifier, NAD C545BEE. AppleTV 4K
    Other Polks not in service currently; SDA2a, SDA CRS+, SDA SRS 2.3, Monitor 4.6 II, Monitor 5jr+
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited June 2014
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    Rti 8T. Put it on its side
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,083
    edited June 2014
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    Mr. Bubbles wrote: »
    Monitor 5, 7, or 10 depending on available space.
    /thread
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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