2. home-theater
  3. 1237657658

any science to mix and match speakers for HT?

Ardent two channel audiophile wants to create entry-level home theatre. I wanted to create 5.1 system using my 13 year old Thiel 1.5s as front R+L and wanted to know if anyone thinks it is very risky ( for poor final sound) to just buy any decent used mid level audiophile quality center and rear speakers? I already have a decent mid level velodyne sub. Thiel has a rather high end center that is above my budget so I was looking at others.
thanks for advice
idguy
hevac1
811 posts
 
It is better if you stay with Thiels for the fronts, for timbre matching. Look at used MCS or an SCS 2 or 3. Not so inportant for the rears. I want to match mine but at the time they did not make a center channel.
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
The center should be of the same type (same sort of sound/timber as main front)
Or it will be bad.
The rears are not nearly as important. Though I would buy something from Thiel for them also.
Post removed 
More to discover