getting ready to move and upgrade

[aesnakes]

Hi everyone,

I have really learned a lot from everyone here especially in the speaker department. We are moving into a condo in march so I will finally be setting up the HT properly and I need to make some choices.

The problem is that there is a fireplace right in the middle of the living room so I am forces to mount the TV over this thing which isn't a big deal but I need to start thinking about the upgrades im going to be doing in the near future.

Q. Now that I upgraded the Left and Right front speakers I find they drown out the center channel a bit. Polk audio center channels can be HUGE and I cant see myself mounting one of them on that wall below the TV. A guy at north shore audio showed me the Paradigm Cinema 330 and I love this speaker. But will it work with my current speaker setup or just overpower and unbalance everything?

Polk M20 Front
RM 6750 Surrounds and rear surrounds.
RM 6750 Center

Remember I love big loud expensive speakers but I need to not get kicked out of our new place as well. I just want to know if Im missing out with my current center and if upgrading this will make a big difference...

[Durentis]

Originally Posted by aesnakes

Q. Now that I upgraded the Left and Right front speakers I find they drown out the center channel a bit. [...] A guy at north shore audio showed me the Paradigm Cinema 330 and I love this speaker. But will it work with my current speaker setup or just overpower and unbalance everything?

Don't worry so much about speakers drowning out other speakers based on how big they are. Your receiver comes with an auto calibration feature.. you should definitely make use of it any time you change your speaker setup (change in speaker or positions). It will equalize the sound levels at your seating position. If you find it's wrong, you should be able to tweak the speakers manually by setting the dB level of individual speakers up or down to suit your own perception.