Adding a centre speaker

[Danem]

I would be obliged if someone could advise me on not blowing my amp.

Problem:- I have a pair of single wired (not bi-wired) Titan Tannoy 8 ohm speakers connected to the single terminals of a Denon F88 amp with a nominal output into 6 ohms.

Now I have acquired a 6 ohm Wharfedale Diamond 10 CC 2-Way Center Speaker; also single wired.

This is a bare bones system, no AVR.

If it is possible to connect all 3 speakers? I would need a circuit diagram, or good advice.
All asistance will be appreciated. heers, Dan

 

[slipperybidness]

Likely more trouble than it is worth!

You have 2 channels of amplification and you want to rig that up to 3 speakers?

What will that gain you? Not much.

What are the risks? Plenty!

 

[jonnythan]

Agreed with the above. No matter how you did it , it would only sound worse.

 

[Danem]

Ooops! That seems quite definite. Thank you.

Could a benefit be achieved by wiring all three via an AVR ?
I am considering buying one, or would I be throwing good money after bad.

I assume that there is a way to use a centre speaker, otherwise people would not be manufacturing them.
Thanks folks for your replies. Cheers, Dan

 

[jonnythan]

If this is for multi-channel audio (home theater etc) then I'd use the front pair by themselves before adding in a totally unmatched center speaker. It won't sound right for the center and main speakers to have such different sound quality.

The proper way to run a center channel is to feed it audio that was deliberately mixed for the center channel, such as from a Blu-ray. You can also get acceptable results by running 2-channel audio through a processor that creates a matched center-channel track (such as through a receiver). You can't just feed a third speaker the same signal as one or both main speakers, though. If you feed it the audio from one side only, the phase and timing will be off through a combination of constructive and destructive interference, the relative output from one side will be markedly different from the other, etc. If you try to feed two separate channels into each other, they will interfere and not produce anything you want to hear.

 

[Danem]

Thanks for your time and generous advice. The last time I was able to listen to music was through a 4 transistor radio or with ex-army headphones plugged into a crystal set. Now retired I am putting together an acceptable music and movie setup.
It is a jungle of acronyms: DAC, Hdmi, AVR, Atmos, and so on ... I so appreciate your goodwill in sharing your knowledge and experience. Cheers, Dan

 

[jonnythan]

In my opinion, you'll probably get entirely decent results running a decent pair of speakers by themselves through your amp.

The amp seems perfectly adequate and the speakers will probably sound fine, even though they're old. Run that for a while and see what you think.

 

[Danem]

Thank you. I am listening to a CD, "The Best of Bowie" and am pleasantly surprised by the separation even when the volume is turned well down. Sounds good to my ears.