Speakers and subwoofer

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by 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.

Exactly.... My ONLY concerns with timbre matching is the fronts/Center (although I wouldn't use big floor standers for surrounds, and little satellites for the fronts, but I doubt anyone would do that)