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Originally Posted by wasp
by mismatched you mean too big? |
Mismatched in sound, not size. Ideally all your speakers should be timbre matched. The timbre is the sonic 'signature' or 'character' of the speaker; i.e. whether it's bright, warm, forward, laid back... I have floor standing L/R, a traditional MTM center, and smaller bipole surrounds, very differenct sizes and shapes, but they're all from the same Manufacturer (Klipsch) and line of speakers (Reference Series) so they sound right together because they were designed to. This is important, since as voices, or effects pan around between speakers, you don't want them to sound different.
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Originally Posted by wasp
who makes decent low hz handling bookshelves? |
Opinions will vary, but IMHO rear surround don't need great bass extention (low Hz), as long as they're flat to below 80Hz. All speakers have to balance size, efficiency and low frequency extention, so trying the get deep bass will result in trade-offs elewhere.
I also noticed you mentioned 'overpower' the sides. This is a common misconception. When properly calibrated, no speaker will overpower any other. This is why your receiver has individual level settings for each speaker.
If you have plans in the near future to upgrade your entire system, get some speakers that fit into that plan, otherwise for rear surround duty with what you have, a pair of small KLH's, or any 2-way bookshelf with a 5" or larger woofer should be fine. If you're going to wall mount it, just don't get a speaker with a rear port.
