I have a doubt.
Some of you said to buy the center channel speaker identical to front speakers instead of buying a speaker made just to be a center channel. What's the reason for that?
KEF, for example, doesn't sell speaker individually, just pairs. So, in this case, what can be done?
Main L/R speakers are usually a lot more accurate than Center speakers.
Take a look at the Freq Resp graph for the NHT Absolute Zero system. You can see that the Absolute Zero is a lot more accurate than the NHT Center speaker, which is pretty good on its own, but not as good as the Absolute Zero.
The Absolute Zero’s listening-window response (a five-point average of axial and +/–15-degree horizontal and vertical responses) measures +0.94/–0.82 decibels from 200 hertz to 10 kilohertz.
The Absolute Center’s listeningwindow response measures +2.11/–3.00 dB from 200 Hz to 10 kHz.
Yeah, unfortunately KEF and some other companies don't sell them as single units, which is too bad.
NHT sells them as single units. Good for them!
When I had the Def Tech SM450 bookshelf speakers, I had to place a "special order" with the Def Tech dealer for a single speaker.