Speakers and subwoofer

[jomari]

the importance of timbre matching speakers lies in the soundstage you are trying to recreate up front. meaning front left, right and center speakers.

i rarely place emphasis on the rears, and even less on the subwoofer.

the only reason id invest in a good set of surrounds if ever you would be using SACDs and or DVD-audios and the new formats out there.

the subwoofers job is to handle the redirected lower frequencies from the 'smaller' speakers, and send them into the room. in a nutshell, its just moving air.

no need for your subs to be timbre matched at all. then we'd all have 6" subwoofers.