Hello,
I have a 8-9yr old "home theatre in a box system" by Kenwood. It's a 5.1 channel with a real 5.1 Kenwood receiver, model VR-716. I would like to keep the receiver and sub but upgrade the speakers. They are very small, about 2 1/2" wide speaker. The tweeters can't be more than half inch if that. Not much sound as you can imagine.
I started playing around and hooked up my old Realistic Minimus 7 speakers from the late 70's as the left and right front speakers. Wow, what a diff! Now I thought a center channel speaker would be the next logical upgrade. I've found lots of them on Craigs List... DCM, Polk CS2, Polk CS2 Series II, Bic America DV62-CLR, Definitive Technology C/L/R 1000, Polk CSi25, Polk TSX150C, etc. They all look nice and look like they will certainly do the job, but I've seen on an old post here, that mis-matched speakers are NOT recommeded because the "timbre" will be off. Not sure what that is, but sounds like I need further education from you people who can help this neophyte.
At any rate, I'm trying to upgrade on a budget and thus, the craigslist searching. I would appreciate any and all suggestions, also which brands to avoid. Should I look to buy a "matching" speaker system, or do any mismatched brands/models have you found that worked just fine. thanks much.
