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Best center speakers for dialogue clarity?

Since I use my center speaker both for the surround sound system and as the main speaker for my HDTV, I would like one that optimizes on the dialogue on TV. (Most of my music listening is in 2-channel mode.) I have the Vandersteen VCC-5 Reference center speaker, which received very good reviews, but suspect that there are better center units out there for dialogue. Any thoughts?
lloydj
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kr4
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The CC3 still requires a sub but I agree with you about its value as a center channel for clarity.
jcruse
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I actually am very disappointed with My Maggie CC2 center...the tendency of Maggie's to lose all low-level detail below a certain volume forces me to run the center almost 10db hotter than my mains to make soft-spoken dialogue intelligible, while keeping explosions and other loud sound effects from blowing out my ears. As a result, dialog pans sound awful.

Maggies are great for stereo sound, but I would NOT, under any circumstances, recommend their center (at least the CC2)
viggen
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Once I installed a rather small audio system to compliment a rather large front projection system. The speakers were Linn Kans all around with a Velodyne 18" ULD sub with a run of the mill Pioneer receiver and LD player. That system, amazingly enough, had the most life like home theater sound I've heard to date. Not as dynamic much more clarity than DTS/SDDS in some damn good theaters here in LA.
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