The last few posts in the thread for the “Eye of the Sky” poll veered off into a discussion about center speakers (probably my fault) so I thought I’d bring it over here.
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...he-sky-blu-ray-audio.24122/page-6#post-409027
I find the center speaker to be the most inconsistent part of the mix. Sometimes it’s too loud. Sometimes it’s too quite. Sometimes the vocals sound strange and I’m futzing with the EQ.
The discs that talk about systems always seem to recommend using “five identical speakers”, but how many people do that? The center speaker is usually the one that sits on a shelf under the TV.
I’m finding more and more I prefer quad mixes or the 5.1 that don’t use the center much. Not that there aren’t some great center-focused mixes. There are. But I don’t find the center mixes to be consistent from disc to disc.
So what are everyone’s feelings on this? How “matched” is your center to the rest of your system? What are your preferences?
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...he-sky-blu-ray-audio.24122/page-6#post-409027
I find the center speaker to be the most inconsistent part of the mix. Sometimes it’s too loud. Sometimes it’s too quite. Sometimes the vocals sound strange and I’m futzing with the EQ.
The discs that talk about systems always seem to recommend using “five identical speakers”, but how many people do that? The center speaker is usually the one that sits on a shelf under the TV.
I’m finding more and more I prefer quad mixes or the 5.1 that don’t use the center much. Not that there aren’t some great center-focused mixes. There are. But I don’t find the center mixes to be consistent from disc to disc.
So what are everyone’s feelings on this? How “matched” is your center to the rest of your system? What are your preferences?