Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Any non-Axiom center to recommend to match M22 ?

>>I'm willing to spend the extra for the Paradigm 470. however I found the dialog is not so clear. Kind of muffled with the background music/noise.

It's possible. I have heard the corresponding mains (Studio 20) and thought they were pretty good (if a bit bass heavy) but haven't had a chance to listen to the CC-470 myself. Some of my friends had listened to both CC-370 (using the Monitor drivers) and CC-470 (using the Studio drivers) and felt that the 470 midrange was more clear than the 370. I did think the CC-370 midrange was a bit dull.

>>I read in the specs the vp150 has +-3db to as low as 85hz, whereas the vp100 is 95hz, that seems quite significant , no ? With the vp100 I probably have to cross the sub at 100hz. (The paradigm 470 is speced to reach 65hz. )

I have an HK receiver so crossing the center over at 100 Hz doesn't bother me -- mains/center/surround can all have a different crossover frequency on an HK.

I think I remember some people here running VP100 at 80 Hz crossover with good results but I'm not 100% sure of that.

I am still running my M2s as mains in the HT system for a few more days (until I haul the M60s downstairs again) so I just have everything crossed over at 100Hz. The M2s are fine with an 80 Hz crossover but the 100Hz setting keeps a bit more bass out of those wittle woofers and keeps them sounding good at slightly higher music volumes.