Quote Originally Posted by RJW1138
Anyone else have any opinion on not using a centre channel speaker versus using a non-matching one?
I would say that a non-matching center would be better than none at all. I would suspect that not having a center would spread out the sound too much away from the center stage, where most of the attention should be. It would also no longer be true multi-channel (quadrophonic?).

That said, I do think that Feanor would get much better results with matching speakers.

Also, I am very curious about how a lower-end surround music setup differs from a higher end one. This is of interest to me because I find myself a bit underwhelmed with what I've put together, and I think I may not be the only one who feels that way. SACD & DVD-A are a significant improvement over RBCD, but I still have this nagging feeling that I'm not getting everything out of my setup.