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Magnepan suggests, as their highest level of home theater center channel, the Tri-Center. Three of their bipolar speakers are mounted on the wall, one above and two on the sides of a wall mounted TV monitor (what happens to the back-waves?). I haven't heard this 'tri-center', but can't imagine that it compares to two standard Maggies, 1.6/1.7s, or even better 3.6/3.7s, operating, as intended, some feet away from the rear (and side) walls. That's what I've got going (two 3.6s), operating in mono, behind a sound transparent screen, each three feet from the rear and side walls. I guess this arrangement is too esoteric to promote, but it is incredible. I've spent many years trying to perfect my center channel, the most important in cinema sound: I've even tried two conventional speakers (Stereophile class A), vertically mounted one above and one below the screen, and also as a pair behind a sound transparent screen. But nothing compares to my present maggies (3.6) located behind a sound transparent screen with room on all sides. I can't explain why they work so well, I think I just got lucky experimenting.
I’ve moved my beloved Maggies, 3.6 and 1.7, from the USA to Poland, without damage!Here I have a really great audio space, an old German school room, plus 4 subwoofers (two SVS PC13 and two NHT Xd: all sealed mode except for one of the PC13s, which operates in the 17hz mode, crossed over to the other PC13, operating in sealed mode, which gives ample and articulate bass below 20hz in my very large room). The 3.6s, my front left and rights, are 1m from the front wall, 2m from side walls and 2m from the listening positions in a 7m x 15m x 3.5 room.The 3.6s are powered and crossed over by Crown XLS 2500s. The preamp/processor is a Marantz AVR 8805 and I use it to for Audyssey XT32equalization. I cross the 3.6s over at 80hz.The center channel is handled by two NHT XDS speakers, these and the 3.6s behind a sound transparent screen, the only way to go if you can...I am a little lost here. You are using 4 speakers to make a center channel image? The 1.7s are used as surrounds in a 5.4.2 system. 4 Marin Logins are used as height speakers.The sound is to die for, in my opinion...
I’ve moved my beloved Maggies, 3.6 and 1.7, from the USA to Poland, without damage!Here I have a really great audio space, an old German school room, plus 4 subwoofers (two SVS PC13 and two NHT Xd: all sealed mode except for one of the PC13s, which operates in the 17hz mode, crossed over to the other PC13, operating in sealed mode, which gives ample and articulate bass below 20hz in my very large room). The 3.6s, my front left and rights, are 1m from the front wall, 2m from side walls and 2m from the listening positions in a 7m x 15m x 3.5 room.The 3.6s are powered and crossed over by Crown XLS 2500s. The preamp/processor is a Marantz AVR 8805 and I use it to for Audyssey XT32equalization. I cross the 3.6s over at 80hz.The center channel is handled by two NHT XDS speakers, these and the 3.6s behind a sound transparent screen, the only way to go if you can...The 1.7s are used as surrounds in a 5.4.2 system. 4 Marin Logins are used as height speakers.The sound is to die for, in my opinion...
4 Speakers for the center channel?
Congrats on moving such large speakers Paul. Glad that you’re able to enjoy the Maggie’s overseas!”The center channel is handled by two NHT XDS speakers”I use 3 Maggie’s for my center channel. A pair of MG10QR’s are wired in series and a single CC3 is in the middle. A ModWright KWA150SE running in stereo is powering the speakers. There’s a Velodyne DD12 center channel sub as well.
Can you explain that? Wired in series? What exactly does that mean? Based upon common sense, is it the red speaker wire going from the red speaker output on the amp to the red speaker connection on each speaker then the same for the black one?And then I am assuming since you have a center channel specific sub, you have that hooked up via speaker level connection? And ironically, I have been reading about that today. Theaters using more than one speaker for the center. Steve Guttenbergs YouTube video for today even mentions that. His friends HT uses 3 centers. So in my situation. My screen is mounted where there is no room to put a center above or below the screen, so I have been using my LRS's as the center but as a stero pair. I just set my AVR to no center so it's throwing that phantom center image right now, which I do say, it sounds pretty good. But I am looking at buying another pair of LRS's and mounting them on the wall on each side of the screen and toeing them in significantly to actually have a real center. Do you think that would work good?
This is the Magnepan-suggested tri-speaker center?...sounds awesome!
