Center channel question

[A. Vivaldi]

<font color='#000000'>If I wanted to add a center channel, but not surrounds to my system for listening to multi-channel would that mess up the imaging? Where would the info sent to the other channels go? I've never heard of anybody doing this, but I thought it might improve my sound and I don't want to go through the hassle of dealing with setting up surrounds at this time.</font>

 

[Yamahaluver]

<font color='#0000FF'>Actualy you have to do the reverse, the rears are essential for multi channel but not the centers which can be sent to the mains.</font>

 

[goodman]

<font color='#000000'>I'm with Yamahaluver.  Unless you have an extremely wide room, and have people sit waay off-axis, you don't need a center channel.  Last week, I cut out my center channel,  redistributing the center output to the mains.  I like the result, and so far, through two movies and a multi-channel SACD have not reconnected the center speaker.
If you want to check out multichannel sound, you'll have to deal with surround speakers.</font>