Thoughts on a GSLCR in a BR setup

[richardw42]

Since moving house I've been able to set up a more intimate Cinema room. The dimension are about 10 ft x 10ft. The whole Home Cinema seems to have got a whole new lease of life and I'm enjoying movies even more than before. With my amplification and speakers perhaps my current room is better than my previous which was 19 x 11. While I'm enjoying this, I was thinking about possibly replacing the BR centre with a GSLCR, because if any part of the system occasionally loses focus it seems to be the dialogue. Would the GSLCR prove to be too much of a mis-match with the BRs or too power hungry for my amp ? I'm not intending to replace all the speakers to get round this and if in the forums opinion it might not be a good idea replacing the centre, I'll stick with what I have. Has anybody any experience of the GSLCR with BR5 fronts ?

 

[Frank Harvey]

I wouldn't mix the GS range with the BR range, they're just too different. GS could do with a more meaty receiver too.

Have you got the centre set to large or small? If it's set to small, what is the crossover point.

 

[richardw42]

Hi. Thanks for your reply. I'm not very technical so tend not to mess too much with settings.
As far as I can see there is not an option in the amps settings to change speaker sizes, the Crossover is at 40hz. Makes absolutely no sense to me ?
It would be nice to go for a complete set of GS Fronts but I think it might be a bit too much for my space and a new amp would be needed as well.
The GSLCR was just a thought ( I saw the ex-demo deal on your website and was tempted) I'll stay with what I have for the time being. Thanks

 

[Frank Harvey]

You should be able to set any of the speakers to large or small (in the speaker setup). Centres, the majority of the time, should be set to small. If you set the crossover too low, the centre will be dealing with a lot of low frequency at the same time as trying to reproduce vocals and other mid frequencies - this can be muddied when producing bass as well. If you set the crossover higher, around 80-90Hz, you should find it much clearer.

If you're looking at the Gold series, you'll need to be looking at a more capable amplifier.

 

[richardw42]

I'll put it up to 80 and see what happens.

When I win the lottery Gold series all round and a SR7005

 

[richardw42]

Thanks David. I adjusted the centre as you suggested and there is a definite improvement I just watched How To Train Your Dragon and the SQ was superb.
Also got my subdude under the sub today and that seems more precise now as well.

You've saved me 300 quid