Hello everyone, this is my first foray into waveguides, and I'm pretty excited about what I'm reading regarding sensitivities, and the ability to work in tricky acoustic setups. I have a smallish wall to setup my viewing/listening area against, so I cannot fit a set of the same speakers across the front. I'm looking at the Fusion 10 Pure as my left/right speakers, but was wondering if I can get away with using the Fusion 8 Alchemy MTM as my center. What are the biggest issues with going this route? I do music and movies about 50/50. Thanks!
Hey dels, How about no center? A lot of people run phanton centers without issue. Horizontal MTMs often have polar response issues when laid sideways.
Thanks for the response! So, if I end up with a phantom center, movies will be downmixed at my receiver to allow for the missing speaker? Or, are most using a 2.1 config?
I just sends the info split to the left and right afaik. There's a lot of info on it on AVS with respect to these kits. People are having good results. Some still prefer to have a center for the additional output though. If you don't listen at 0db reference, the Pures can do it no problem.
I've been wondering the same thing about the Fusion 8 Alchemy MTM centers. Or if I feel I do need a center, would something like a [SIZE=small]J[/SIZE][SIZE=small]BL LC2 4-Way work with these? I would love to get something behind an AT screen.[/SIZE]
If you're using an AT screen, why not just use 3 Fusion 10's for the front stage and eliminate any possible issues completely? Edit: I just realized you probably intend to run the Fusion-8 MTM vertically. I was assuming horizontal, where it's wider than the Fusion-10 which caused my confusion. Although that makes me wonder if you've considered doing 3 of the MTM across the front for a matching set.
Ah, I should have specified, I might only have a couple inches of space to work with behind the AT screen. Ideally yet, 3 Fusion 10's would be great!
