Arendal sells direct. You may be able to find a used pair at a dealer. They have a buy and try for 60 days and free returns if you’re not satisfied. I have the 1723 towers and they’re excellent. I don’t have a center channel since I switched to a 2.2 setup for music.
I do like the Adrenal 723specs, unfortunately there is a lack of dealers in my area.
Where possible I prefer to audition speakers a a dealer. I really do not like repacking speakers, especially, tower speakers to ship them back.
The intention with this center channel exercise is to try to find a good, widely applicable center channel speaker, then follow up, later, by getting towers in the same family (bass ackward; I know, but I really do not care for these polk ring tweeters; Even though they worked well during last evening's listening)... the towers will get replaced by better ones, as the opportunity, and funding, presents itself.
Hopefully going to a SVS tweeter, that uses a variation on widely used technology (aluminum dome tweeter) will result in more even sound with less/fewer high frequency artifacts (ringing, resonance, chirps, beeps and other things not on the recordings).
Seas aluminum domes worked very well in my previous speakers (I just wish that I could get replacement Peerless OEM midranges; its a fitment issue).... The destroyed NHT 2.5s have been rebuilt using lower wattage midranges (I have a box of spares) and should be an improvement over these Klipsch tower, rear speakers.
The journey to acceptable sound is a trip; 'though not always inexpensive or enjoyable...
Enjoy!
