bombadillo

What do do about mis matched speakers???

I have the chance to buy a pair of ACI Talisman speakers (MSRP 5,000) for my mains. I have a matched yamaha home theater system now and it sounds decent. By no means audiophile quality when it comes to 2 channel music listening. I can get these ACI speakers for 500 dollars right now and they aren't hot or anything wrong with them, He just doesn't realize what he has. If I got these, what should I do about the center channel and the rear surrounds. It would be completely mis-matched with my infinity center, ACI mains, and yamaha surrounds. What do I do??? Any questions on things that I left out that would be good pieces of the puzzle I'll gladly answer as well as anything you could add to help out would be great.

John Garcia

Re: What do do about mis matched speakers???

I would be picking those speakers up as soon as possible, and just do without a center for now (phantom center).

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Bob McElfresh

Re: What do do about mis matched speakers???

I'd keep the less-accurate, but matched speakers for HT and use the nicer speakers as the "B" speakers for music.

People who are into music usually have a separate system for 2-channel, perhaps even in another room.