Need a quick answer before I make a mistake - 6 driver center via Polk

[SUPERTANK]

New on the Forums; thanks for any help...


I just sold my rt800's and CS350 and bought a pair of RM8000t's to match my surrounds. I have 4 total surrounds (7.1) The prob is my center channel, its no where near as good as the CS350 that had 4 drivers. My current center is a RM 302 only as a temp.

My option is to get the RM7302 which is a little bigger but still only has two drivers...

My other option is to spend about the same for a Polk Audio Surroundbar Titanium 42"

I would like to use the surround bar as a single center if possible, I would need to bridge all 5 connectors together using a custom copper plate i guess to make this work because I want to make the speaker one channel or I could open it up and rewire the connections? I am placing this center under my 104" screen so I do have plenty of distance between my right and left channels. This Surround Bar also matches my set and in my head; im thinking it should sound awsome with 7 drivers and 3 tweeters for the same price as the RM7302 that only has one tweeter and 2 drivers, you got 60 percent of sound coming from the center channel

my question is...

soundbar 42" as my center or the RM7302

 

[bandphan]

the 7302 .

 

[raymondy]

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yep 7302 .

 

[zhimbo]

A center's job is to anchor the dialogue to the screen. A soundbar is the wrong tool for that job. It's designed to distribute sound, not "center" it. All those drivers on a soundbar (terminology note: tweeters are drivers, too) are necessary because of the complicated job that a soundbar has to do, not because more drivers = better sound.

Also, the center needs to match the L and R speakers in timbre, the more closely the better. The soundbar is likely to sound very different from your L and R mains.

This is definitely a case of trying to fit a square peg into a circular slot.

 

[SUPERTANK]

Yeah, that CS350 was a awsome center; I doubt that the RM7302 will sound any better but at least it matches my mains.

Thanks for all the help guys

 

[Chicagorep]

If you bridge all the speakers in the sound bar what load will your receiver see? Aside from that, don't use the sound bar.