EDIT: This is just a theoretical question. I just split up an hypothetical $1,500 for $500 sub, $1,000 for remaining 5.0 speakers.
How would you split up your speaker budget?. Say you had a sum, say for this example, you have $1,500 to spend on a 5.1 speaker system. And lets say the subwoofer question is out of scope for this question. (It's another forum anyway.) So, for the sake of argument, lets say you decide that $500 is for the sub, thus leaving you $1,000 for the remaining 5 speakers.
1. Should you match the five speakers, thus spending $200 on each?
or
2. Should you concentrate on the center channel, since that where most of the information is coming from, then second concentration on the two fronts with second most information, then third importance on the rear surrounds. So, lets say in this example, spend $300 center, $500 front ($250 ea), $200 rear ($100 ea).
How would you spend the $1,000 among the front, center, and rear speakers?
How would you split up your speaker budget?. Say you had a sum, say for this example, you have $1,500 to spend on a 5.1 speaker system. And lets say the subwoofer question is out of scope for this question. (It's another forum anyway.) So, for the sake of argument, lets say you decide that $500 is for the sub, thus leaving you $1,000 for the remaining 5 speakers.
1. Should you match the five speakers, thus spending $200 on each?
or
2. Should you concentrate on the center channel, since that where most of the information is coming from, then second concentration on the two fronts with second most information, then third importance on the rear surrounds. So, lets say in this example, spend $300 center, $500 front ($250 ea), $200 rear ($100 ea).
How would you spend the $1,000 among the front, center, and rear speakers?