Surround speakers from different mfg's

[EddieG]

In case you haven't read my other posts here, I am looking for new speakers. I was told from 2 source that if you have speakers from one mfg, say Mission, then you should get the surround speakers from the same mfg. How realistic is this statement? If I have my 2 mains from Mission what is wrong with getting my surrounds from Athena and a Polk subwoofer?

And even if I stay with the same mfg, they have different model levels. Suppose we have Boston Acoustics with an arbitrary name of A-1 for mains, A-2 for surrounds, and A-3 for sub. Then they come out with a new line...B1, B2, etc. How different is it from getting an A1 with a B2 as opposed to getting mains from one mfg and the surrounds from someone else?

Do I make sense?

Thanks!

Eddie

 

[ParadigmDawg]

In case you haven't read my other posts here, I am looking for new speakers. I was told from 2 source that if you have speakers from one mfg, say Mission, then you should get the surround speakers from the same mfg. How realistic is this statement? If I have my 2 mains from Mission what is wrong with getting my surrounds from Athena and a Polk subwoofer?

And even if I stay with the same mfg, they have different model levels. Suppose we have Boston Acoustics with an arbitrary name of A-1 for mains, A-2 for surrounds, and A-3 for sub. Then they come out with a new line...B1, B2, etc. How different is it from getting an A1 with a B2 as opposed to getting mains from one mfg and the surrounds from someone else?

Do I make sense?

Thanks!

Eddie

Using all the same models will assure you are timbre matched which is important if you listen to SACD or DVD-A. For movies I find that is is not that important and you can get away with using something else. My surrounds are different then my LCRs and my system sounds awesome.

 

[cfrizz]

If you look at my signature, you will see that all of my speakers are mismatched. What is important is having all speakers calibrated. I personally don't notice any differences in the sound whether playing dvd-a's or sacd's or movies with the different gear.

I didn't know anything about timbre matching until after I got my center channel, and I wasn't about to get rid of it just because it didn't match my then 12yr old main speakers.

Whats important to me is that everything sounds nice & clear & dialog is articulate. My system accomplishs that goal.

Now if I ever get new main speakers I will get the matching center channel to go with them. But right now my system sounds just great as it is.