On Sat, 16 May 2009 11:56:12 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article 4a1c7f39.957665296@localhost,
Don Pearce wrote:
Only comment I'd make is I found the choice of a centre dialogue speaker
very important - it has to match the main pair pretty well if you want a
reasonably integrated sound stage.

Easier said than done. In 90% of systems the centre speaker seems to
honk rather than make a decent sound. Just a result of having to be so
small, I guess.

Yup. In the end I didn't bother. Even when using one which was a
reasonable match I didn't like the unreal separation it gave. Of course
when watching I always have the sweet spot seat anyway. ;-)

Have you noticed that in a great many recent films, dialogue is pretty
much buried in the effects noises anyway? Very hard to understand
sometimes.

d