Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions Center or rear..which to upgrade first

When you say "rears" are you talking about the side surrounds, or the actual "rear" channels for 7.1? Many people make the mistake of calling the side surrounds "rears".

The center channel can be virtually created using phantom mode from the left/right speakers. So if your saying you have no side surrounds, and this is for a HT upgrade, you might get those and use phantom mode for the center until you can afford one. Otherwise, the center is very important for dialog in movies.