Never could understand why speaker manufacturers like to make such wide
speakers for center channels when they already make the satellite speakers
that work just fine in that role. Only thing I can think of is the center
channels typically sell for much more than satellites sell for and I suspect
the mark-up is greater. I use an array of five Paradigm Atoms in our
upstairs home theater system and it works great.

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- GRL

"It's good to want things."

Steve Barr (philosopher, poet, humorist, chemist,
Visual Basic programmer)
"Nousaine" wrote in message
news:b3zTa.127792$Ph3.16646@sccrnsc04...
"GRL" wrote:

Simple solution. Put another Titan as your center channel. That is the
only
way to really "voice" the speakers alike. The very wide baffle board of
any
dedicated center-channel speaker screws up the imaging. It'll also save
you
a lot of money.

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- GRL

I'd agree. But the right reason is not the wide baffle but the awful
horizontal
radiation pattern of a horizontally arrayed loudspeaker.

When drivers are located near each other and operating in different
frequency
ranges there will be interference patterns generated near the crossover
frequency. When the drivers are vertically arrayed these patterns show in
the
vertical directivity. When the drivers are horizontally arrayed they are
then
delivered directly into the off-axis listening area.

For the same reason laying a Titan on its side as a center doesn't work
well
either.