HELP!! Best center speaker for Onkyo TX-SR705 receiver??

[Into_the_Blu]

I need suggestions and opinions on which center channel speaker would be the best with my Onkyo TX-SR705 receiver.

I have a $150 gift card for BestBuy so I would prefer buying from there. Below is a list of what my local BB has in stock along with their price.

This is Canadian pricing

1) Bose VCS-10 Centre Channel Speaker: $239.99

2) Infinity 2-Way Center Speaker (PC250): $199.95

3) JBL Dual 5" Center Channel Speaker (ES25C):$199.99

4) Klipsch Icon Centre Channel Speaker (VC-25): $219.99

5) Klipsch Synergy C2 Centre Channel Speaker: $277.99

6) Precision Acoustics 2-Way Center Channel Speaker (HD-C): $59.99

All help is appreciated!

[Jello]

What do you have for front speakers?

[ozzman]

Originally Posted by Jello

What do you have for front speakers?

This is a fair question .What ever fronts you have , you should match the center with the same make and if possible same model of your fronts for best results

[Into_the_Blu]

I don't have front speakers yet. I had the impression that the center speaker was the first one to buy?

What order should I be buying my speakers?

[brett_day]

it does not really matter what order you buy them in, the important thing is to get matching speakers for the fronts, so they they all have the same timbre.

If you are going to buy your center first, go and listen to the ones that you have listed above, decide which one that you like and buy it, just keep in mind that if you buy say a klipsch center speaker then you will need to buy klipsch front speakers from the same series so that the timbre matches and so on. , if you buy your fronts first then you will need to buy the matching center etc

[Drew664]

And just to throw in my 2 cents as far as which you should buy first, I think you should invest in a pair of towers. They can give you a better sound field as well as a wider range of sound. Towers, then center.