Listening/Billiard Room: - Yamaha RX1030 A - B&W 683 S2 towers, CM Centre S2 center and Def tech BP/A rear - Pro-Ject Debut Carbon with 2M Red (should I add the acrylic platter?) - Zone 2, Def Tech BP8B towers - BIC America PL200 sub
Family/Main - Pioneer Elite SC-61 Main - Squeezebox Touch DAC (burr Brown) - Def Tech Super towers front - Def Tech CLR 2000 center & matching rears - Pioneer Elite VSX-23H zone 2 feeding B&W 201S (Kitchen) and Boston Acoustics HD10 (garage) - Pioneer Elite A-35R 2 channel amp for zone 3 - Feeds Def Tech SM350 (office) - Boston Acoustic Voyager 6 outdoor speakers (deck)
Attic full of 4 sets of speakers and 3 AVRs, two of which are blown. Never buy an Onkyo.
Listening/Billiard Room: - Yamaha RX1030 A - B&W 683 S2 towers, CM Centre S2 center and Def tech BP/A rear - Pro-Ject Debut Carbon with 2M Red (should I add the acrylic platter?) - Zone 2, Def Tech BP8B towers - BIC America PL200 sub
Family/Main - Pioneer Elite SC-61 Main - Squeezebox Touch DAC (burr Brown) - Def Tech Super towers front - Def Tech CLR 2000 center & matching rears - Pioneer Elite VSX-23H zone 2 feeding B&W 201S (Kitchen) and Boston Acoustics HD10 (garage) - Pioneer Elite A-35R 2 channel amp for zone 3 - Feeds Def Tech SM350 (office) - Boston Acoustic Voyager 6 outdoor speakers (deck)
Attic full of 4 sets of speakers and 3 AVRs, two of which are blown. Never buy an Onkyo.
The wife is losing patience with me.
Do you find any stereo imaging issues by using a center channel speaker in your listening /billiard room? It seems like vinyl would always sound better without a center speaker. I would love to hear about your experience with that setup.
If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
Listening/Billiard Room: - Yamaha RX1030 A - B&W 683 S2 towers, CM Centre S2 center and Def tech BP/A rear - Pro-Ject Debut Carbon with 2M Red (should I add the acrylic platter?) - Zone 2, Def Tech BP8B towers - BIC America PL200 sub
Family/Main - Pioneer Elite SC-61 Main - Squeezebox Touch DAC (burr Brown) - Def Tech Super towers front - Def Tech CLR 2000 center & matching rears - Pioneer Elite VSX-23H zone 2 feeding B&W 201S (Kitchen) and Boston Acoustics HD10 (garage) - Pioneer Elite A-35R 2 channel amp for zone 3 - Feeds Def Tech SM350 (office) - Boston Acoustic Voyager 6 outdoor speakers (deck)
Attic full of 4 sets of speakers and 3 AVRs, two of which are blown. Never buy an Onkyo.
The wife is losing patience with me.
Do you find any stereo imaging issues by using a center channel speaker in your listening /billiard room? It seems like vinyl would always sound better without a center speaker. I would love to hear about your experience with that setup.
I don't use the center for music. I have a TV up there too so it's where we watch movies when we want to blast them. I don't like using the center for music, like in 7.1/5.1. It messes with the imaging to me. With excellent imaging, you can feel the music pull to center in a 2 channel setup. Now there are a few listening settings I use that are 4 channel. It's supposed to be 5 but I kill the center so I only hear it from the front and some presence sounds behind me. So yes, you are right. Vinyl, HI Res, FLAC etc all sound more natural in true 2 channel (I also kill the sub two as my fronts are 'Large').
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- Yamaha RX1030 A
- B&W 683 S2 towers, CM Centre S2 center and Def tech BP/A rear
- Pro-Ject Debut Carbon with 2M Red (should I add the acrylic platter?)
- Zone 2, Def Tech BP8B towers
- BIC America PL200 sub
Family/Main
- Pioneer Elite SC-61 Main
- Squeezebox Touch DAC (burr Brown)
- Def Tech Super towers front
- Def Tech CLR 2000 center & matching rears
- Pioneer Elite VSX-23H zone 2 feeding B&W 201S (Kitchen) and Boston Acoustics HD10 (garage)
- Pioneer Elite A-35R 2 channel amp for zone 3
- Feeds Def Tech SM350 (office)
- Boston Acoustic Voyager 6 outdoor speakers (deck)
Attic full of 4 sets of speakers and 3 AVRs, two of which are blown. Never buy an Onkyo.
The wife is losing patience with me.
Now there are a few listening settings I use that are 4 channel. It's supposed to be 5 but I kill the center so I only hear it from the front and some presence sounds behind me.
So yes, you are right. Vinyl, HI Res, FLAC etc all sound more natural in true 2 channel (I also kill the sub two as my fronts are 'Large').
I have a 1019 that sounds like a million bucks.
Thoughts?