Matching surround system? Brand or model?

[mibson]

Im thinking of buying some PSB Platinum T6 speakers. My priority is 2 ch. stereo listening.
I will eventually add surround and center channels.

The Platinum series is a bit costly, and I am definitley breaking my budget with the two T6s.

I was thinking of using lower cost PSB (perhaps immagine) for the center and surround chanels.

Besides looks not matching, is this a bad idea?

 

[Adam]

Using an equalizer (including the built-in auto-equalizing that a lot of receivers have these days) can help mitigate tonal differences in speakers. Because I don't have a lot of experience with different speakers, I still lean towards the thought that the front and center speakers should be tonally matched because differences in them will be pretty obvious when watching movies/television in surround sound. The surround speakers aren't as critical, IMO. There isn't as much audio going to them, and it won't be as obvious if they aren't tonally matched (and the EQing can help to mitigate it). Using vastly inferior speakers in the rear will probably be obvious to you, though.

 

[gmichael]

Im thinking of buying some PSB Platinum T6 speakers. My priority is 2 ch. stereo listening.
I will eventually add surround and center channels.

The Platinum series is a bit costly, and I am definitley breaking my budget with the two T6s.

I was thinking of using lower cost PSB (perhaps immagine) for the center and surround chanels.

Besides looks not matching, is this a bad idea?

I think you answered your own question. If your priority is 2 ch. stereo, then focus on making that as good as possible. If HT is a secondary goal, then let it be just that. You can always upgrade your center I surrounds later when you can afford to.

I have main speakers that are much nicer than the rest of my system. It still sounds great for HT. No regrets at all.