Originally Posted By: Adrian
The vast majority of magazine articles and test certainly are geared towards tower speakers, usually in the $2000-3000 sweet spot with bookshelfs coming next. Centre speakers seem more of an afterthought, maybe because their main use is for HT applications.


That does seem to be the case. It'd be nice to see some more focus on the centre speaker though. Try isolating the centre (by disconnecting all other speakers) and you'll notice a LOT of audio (dialogue, sound effects, music) is sent there now. The mains may be the anchor for music, but personally I feel the centre is the anchor for HT.