Quote Originally Posted by sc03979
Setting up the center isn't the problem. I'm not a complete idiot. I don't want to redirect some of the center output because that sounds worse. My question wasn't if I'm stupid and didn't realize that I shouldn't match up the speakers but if the infinity was any good because I had a hard time finding info about it on the web.

Believe me if I had a mismatched center that worked it would be an improvement over my current center. It doesn't matter now because I didn't win the speaker anyways. Thanks for the advice though.
If you're not using a SPL meter and some kind of tone generator to calibrate the levels, then you can't really conclude that the center channel setup is not a problem. If the center channel output measures significantly higher than the mains, then that could easily explain the distortion that you're noting. So, it's not a matter of whether or not you're a complete idiot or stupid (you're the one using those terms, not me), it simply comes down to whether or not your system is setup correctly in the first place. Once it's setup correctly, then you can better pinpoint the source of the problem.

To me, the question about that Infinity or any other center speaker is irrelevant if it's just getting planted into a mismatching setup. If your speaker's distorting because of a blown driver, just about any center speaker will be an improvement. If the speaker's distorting because the amplification's inadequate or because of other issues like speaker wire corrosion, they will also affect whatever new center speaker you add to the system, and might distort at an even lower volume if the new speaker's efficiency is lower.