Can I use a centre speaker as a rear surround sound speaker?

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I currently have a 5.1 surround sound set up and looking at moving up to 6.1 or 7.1.

I have a full MS (Mordaunt Short) speaker set up and was recently given a MS304 small centre speaker. Could I use this as a rear surround (6.1) or double it up to become 7.1 or do I have to buy another pair of traditional bookshelf speakers?

Any veiws?

Virgin V+ box, Wii, Samsung R-155 DVD recorder, Toshiba XDE 500 DVD Player, Acer Revo R3600 media centre, Mordurant Short Alumini front, 905 front centre, rear Bi Polars and 309i Sub, Sanyo PLV Z700 projector, Sony STR DA2400ES. Russ Andrews Powerkord, Qed Silver Aniversary, Qed HDMI-P, Clearer Audio/ Chord HDMI, Tacima C929 mains filter.

 

[Anonymous]

A centre speaker is optimised for dialogue and would therefore not be suitable for what you have in mind. You would be best advised to get a pair of rear speakers that is meant for it's purpose.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the response. A pair of bookshelf's it is!

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