can i mix different speakers.

[manu4panjab]

hey bros.


want to know can i mix different speakers like front from different company,centre from different company as so as for surrounds and for sub too


so does it affect the sound

actually now i have onkyo 606 and i found my centre polk cs 20 speaker produce distortion so can i mix another centre channel speaker with my polk tsi 500

please reply

 

[manu4panjab]

can i mix in this way


like i give you some example

fronts from dali

centre from klpisch like rc64 model

surrounds from axiom

sub from velodyne

 

[spirovious]

Its possible,but sound will differ from spk to spk(timber matching etc)

 

[manu4panjab]

Its possible,but sound will differ from spk to spk(timber matching etc)

what is timbre matching

 

[manu4panjab]

please some one reply

 

[spirovious]

what is timbre matching

timber matching is said to be spk ability to sound as close to originals.
Tabala shld sound similar to live performance.

 

[manu4panjab]

timber matching is said to be spk ability to sound as close to originals.
Tabala shld sound similar to live performance.

so is it ok if i use tsi 500 for fronts and klipsch rc 64 as centre and axiom for surounds

 

[spirovious]

so is it ok if i use tsi 500 for fronts and klipsch rc 64 as centre and axiom for surounds

If you listen carefully each spk with sane source & amp,you can get a lot of difference in sound .With this if you select diff spk as frt & centre ,you compramise with true effect.You can still enjoy the mov,but the details can change.

 

[manu4panjab]

If you listen carefully each spk with sane source & amp,you can get a lot of difference in sound .With this if you select diff spk as frt & centre ,you compramise with true effect.You can still enjoy the mov,but the details can change.

so it means i must stick to home theatre packages right

 

[spirovious]

so it means i must stick to home theatre packages right

Well I will put in this way-
Spk from same company & family shld be used for frnt & centre, surr,sub can be different.

ie MS avant series may not match with MS messo series.

If your polks are from same family,go ahead.

 

[ksk469]

If your AVR has the option of Speaker level calibration then you can nullify the differences arising out of the different speakers. This feature helps to match the acoustic level between speakers of different comapny/size/type.

However I am not sure of what extent it helps as i ve never tried.