John - pls elaborate a bit. I understand your comment related to efficiency and kinda know what you're referring to on frequency response but I have experimented with the eq with the Elac's and never achieved much benefit (admittedly, the issue is likely my hearing). The SVS seems "edgier"...
We watched an old mono movie DVD last night and I made it thru w/o captions in Straight DSP. Based upon Wayne's & John's advice, I checked the Yamaha eq for the center (setup for the Elac center) and here are the numbers (C = centered):
63 h C
160 h C
400 h +4
1 kh +5
2.5 kh +4...
With old ears and damaged hearing, HT dialogue clarity has been a problem for years. I've gone from TV speakers to HTiB to Elac Debut 2.0 with slight improvements at each step but I still relied on closed captions for movies. I really dug in on the research for center speakers over the past...