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Do the speakers in a surround system need to be in a set? (feddit.nl)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Do I have to buy a set for 5.1 surround audio, or can I just buy 5 speakers and one subwoofer separately to potentially save money and link them to my AVR?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can definitely just use any 5 speakers. But typically you would want at least the left, right, and center speaker to be from the same brand and even line to make the sound signature more cohesive. Good idea to have the surrounds from the same line too, but not necessary. And the sub could be from any decent manufacturer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Potentially even the centre channel may be a bad idea - these are frequently lacklustre and do not share the same frequency response as the rest of the speakers in the series

Good video: https://youtu.be/GZrdsxrcpBw

Otherwise yes, ideally you want speakers to have a similar tonal profile