How about 2 front speakers, bi-wired centers and a sub for Home cinema ?

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Hi,

I am not a fan of rear speakers and all those cabling hassles. I was reading somewhere that having the center speakers bi-wired with a good sub and good floorstanders would be perfect as a home cinema setup. I was wondering if anyone tried this here or got an opinion. If yes, if you can detail out the setup it would be super ! I read Infinity Beta C 360 is the hummer of center speakers ( as reviewed on CNN ).

Thanks in advance,

Neeraj

 

[Gerrardasnails]

Bi-wiring your centre speaker will offer no more to your "surround sound". If you don't want rear speakers then, a 3.1 system will give you decent sound but you will reall y miss out on the effect of rear speakers. However, bi-wiring will be a waste of time and money in this instance.

 

[Sliced Bread]

Since my rear left chanel on my denon amp broke own, I've been running with this set up.

I'm no expert, but if your going to go down that route, I personally think that your better off using a good stereo amp, with two speakers and a sub connected vie the high level inputs. At least that way you'll have a system that could be good with music, then turn the sub on for movies. Why pay out for the extra processing and amplification channels of a cinema amp when you'll get a superior sound quality from a stereo amp.

The only problem that I could for see is getting the vocals to come out from the 'centre' of the room in a stereo system But with quality speakers / amp it should be psosible.

Jus t my two pence worth.

 

[Gerrardasnails]

It depends on whether you want to use the receiver for the picture as well and that you would only get stereo from a stereo amp and not for instance Dolby 2.0.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks Gerard and John.

My idea was to go with a receiver and not stereo amps really. I prefer to keep my music listening away from TV. I would probably go for 3.1 setup. I guess proper speakers might be better than style speakers for this kind of setup. What do you think ?

I heard Dynaudio is coming out with new Audience range in few weeks. I would demoing those for sure. Any other suggestions ? Price range 2000 euros ( about 1300 UK pounds ) for speakers and receiver. Room is large as living and dining is combined ( 6-7*4 meters approx )