Where to look for Klipsch Academy Center

[pzaur]

My dad is currently starting to setup his first real 5.1 system at their new place. He has a set of Klipsch Quartets which sound great and we were recently discussing how to find an appropriate center channel. I've only been able to find limited information on the Academy Center that would "match" his Quartets.

Does anyone have any resources/directions as to where I should look?
Any suggestions for a speaker that would match the Quartets? Ideally it would look similar, too.

I'm already keeping an eye on Audiogon.com and floating around the Klipsch forums looking for something, as well as that auction place... This isn't a rush deal since he's never had a 5.1 setup before and is content with what he had. The new house is pre-wired and he wants to take advantage of something new.

I've offered other suggestions to him. My dad just wants to keep using his current speakers as the front mains and not move them elsewhere in the house.

-pat

 

[corey]

I think you're looking in the right places. Maybe you could ask on the Klipsch forums about using a more modern center, like a RC-35, until he finds what he's looking for.

 

[pzaur]

I've thought about encouraging the purchase of something more contemporary. I wonder how much Klipsch has changed their design on the speakers and how different the sound really is.

For the time being, I think I'm gonna recommend that he actually use a phantom center channel and just work on the rear surround speakers. He's not a huge spender and I think he'd like to keep the looks of the center channel in line with the quartets.

-pat