Central speaker for home theater: help! URGENT!

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FoxAdriano

Junior Audioholic
Hello, I'm sorry for the urgency, but it is true. I am going to buy one of the two center speakers for my TV. I already have two Bose side satellites, two rear speakers and a powered subwoofer. No high-level but I'm happy. The two that I just mentioned are:
https://www.amazon.it/JBL-ES25CBK-Altoparlante-Centrale-Frequenza/dp/B001AVZBPC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480398206&sr=8-1&keywords=diffusore+centrale
https://www.amazon.it/Indiana-Line-canale-centrale-Rovere/dp/B007CJ8XJC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1480398206&sr=8-5&keywords=diffusore+centrale
In your opiniion which is better? I have to inform you that I don't hear the music but I will watch often documentaries, so it must also return a good dialogue quality (narrator voice).
Thanks for a quick reply.
 
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shadyJ

Speaker of the House
Staff member
Go with the JBL, the driver arrangement is a bit better.
 
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FoxAdriano

Junior Audioholic
Thanks for your suggestions. I need to ask the last questions please:
Can you tell me what do you mean precisely with "driver arrangiament is a bit better"?
Can I use that central speaker with Onkyo TX-NR545?
http://www.ebay.it/itm/ONKYO-TX-NR545-7-2-CHANNEL-NETWORK-AV-RECEIVER-/222328180583?hash=item33c3cacf67:g:yw4AAOSwj85YO07Y
THANKS A LOT

PS: Why there is such price difference between the same speaker?
http://www.ebay.it/itm/INDIANA-LINE-NOTA-740-CILIEGIO-DIFFUSORE-CANALE-CENTRALE-AUDIO-VIDEO-NUOVO-/252641802089?hash=item3ad29ff769:g:vvMAAOSw2GlXH4lk
http://www.ebay.it/itm/INDIANA-LINE-NOTA740XN-CANALE-CENTRALE-NERO-NUOVO-GARANZIA-ITALIA-/302151163541?hash=item46599cde95:g:jI0AAOSwEzxYO-2v
Maybe are they not the same speakers?
 
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shadyJ

Speaker of the House
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The Tweeter and mid are not in a direct horizontal plane with the woofers. From the few tests I have seen, this tends toward a better off-axis response than having every driver on the same horizontal plane, where the off-axis response can be very bad.

Yes, that speaker can be easily used with the TX-NR545.

As for the different prices for that speaker, they are being sold by different vendors, and the vendors can charge whatever they want for those speakers. They are the same speaker, just a different finish.
 

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