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Rear surrounds for 7.1 setup: Same as sides?
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Hi all. I have M22ti L/R, VP-150 center and QS-8 surrounds.
I'll be moving to a 7.1 receiver soon and need to purchase 2 rear surrounds.
[url=The DD guide]http://dolby.com/ht/co_br_0110_ListenersGuideEX.html[/url]
says "all surround speakers should be the same." OK fine. Other folks have said "as long as the rears are timbre matched to the rest of the speakers, you're fine.
I was condsidering a set of M2i's for rear duty...would be a lot cheaper than another set of QS8's.
Opinions?
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Michael, your consideration is right on target. There's no need for all the surrounds to be identical and my view is that once you have the wide dispersion of the QS8s on the sides, it's entirely appropriate to have more direct sound in back. The M2s should be ideal for this.
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Thanks, JohnK. The M2is have the same mid and tweet that the M22ti and VP150 have...it's gotta be timber matched, right?
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I think QS8 surrounds and M2i rears is the most popular setup. It's what I use as well.
The QS8's do such a great job, you may actually feel you'd rather save your money and send the M2i's back. Give them a shot, but don't expect miracles.
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What do you guys use for rear centers?
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Anyone with Axioms, what are you using for rear centers?
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I think two of us have already suggested m2i's as rears.
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