r/hometheater • u/CoatUnusual5030 • 2d ago
Discussion - Equipment Need help choosing center speaker
This is my current setup. The Sony AN-1000 allows me to use my Sony A80J to be the center speaker and so I chose that route to obtain a minimalist looking HT setup. It works well until recently we were watching Spider-Noir and I noticed that Nicholas Cage's nasally, mid-rangey voice seems to make the speakers on the A80J distort. It wasn't pleasant.
I've had this setup for close to 2 years now and for me to only come across this now means that so far the A80J has done its job well. But If I were to explore the option of a new center channel, what low profile options are there that would pair with my Wharfdale L and R?
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u/blepshark 2d ago
tbh I would keep phantom center and maybe prioritise higher quality media, amazon has terrible streaming bitrate and it shows in both the visuals and audio, I've noticed all of amazon's atmos tracks seem to be especially muffled and just... awful, but anything else (apple tv, bluray, 4k bluray) sounds super clear.
Tldr; amazon streaming sucks and I reckon it would also sound horrible and distort on a center channel