Center speaker upgrade?

Schizophonic

Schizophonic

Schizophonic

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I've currently got this as a hand-me down and got the itch to upgrade.

Will this be a big upgrade to something like this?

Sorry I know nothing about specifications. Do you have any suggestion what center speaker would be good (within similar budget)?

Thanks
 
Usually you want to match it with your left and right speaker so the front sound stage sound relatively similar. Usually as a starting point this would be a centre from the same line as your L/R where possible. So when it pans from one to the other, do not see any noticeable changes in sound which can vary between entirely different speakers.

So what are your L/R speakers I suppose.
 
There are a number of matches for the 602 speakers. The B&W CC6, LCR6 / 60 / 600 (lower number = physically larger = deeper bass), HTM61 and 62 (lower number = physically larger etc).

Opinions are very divided on the CC6, but I wouldn't necessarily discount it. This is a speaker that needed a fair bit of run-in before it started to sound its best, and I think that probably affected people's perception of it. A s/h unit shouldn't have this issue.

In my experience all B&W speakers are a bit power hungry. They respond well to an amp with plenty of real world power. Running a larger centre where the set-up mic is choosing the frequency crossover point could well mean then that the larger centres become harder for your amp to drive because they're producing more bass. The good thing about buying used is that you can swap and change without too much of a financial hit.

All specs available direct from the B&W product archive page: https://www.bowerswilkins.com/en-gb/archive
 
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