Mono centre speaker setup

Schizophonic

Schizophonic

Schizophonic

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Looking to change my WFH setup and wondered if anyone has ever used a mono centre setup?

I curranty have a simple 2.0 speaker but my dual screen setup is making it hard to make it look symmetrical and when I saw a setup with what looked like one speaker in the middle I wondered how does this work for day to day usage?
I dont game often and use sound for youtube content, live radio and etc.

Am I really restricting myself with a center speaker for gaming?
 
Schizophonic said:
Looking to change my WFH setup and wondered if anyone has ever used a mono centre setup?

I curranty have a simple 2.0 speaker but my dual screen setup is making it hard to make it look symmetrical and when I saw a setup with what looked like one speaker in the middle I wondered how does this work for day to day usage?
I dont game often and use sound for youtube content, live radio and etc.

Am I really restricting myself with a center speaker for gaming?
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Does it need to be mono? It sounds like some small speakers or even a soundbar would do what you're asking, but stay stereo.

Was the setup you saw just the centre speaker of a surround setup?
 
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LuckyBenski said:
Does it need to be mono? It sounds like some small speakers or even a soundbar would do what you're asking, but stay stereo.

Was the setup you saw just the centre speaker of a surround setup?
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when you say stereo I always assume 2 separate boxes for left and right. One speaker for left and right doesn't exist or wouldn't function correctly?
 
Schizophonic said:
when you say stereo I always assume 2 separate boxes for left and right. One speaker for left and right doesn't exist or wouldn't function correctly?
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What I mean is, why do you need to go with a single speaker? You can likely fit a soundbar (has multiple speakers inside for stereo) or a pair of small stereo speakers.

What you've seen elsewhere was likely a soundbar, or the centre speaker of a surround sound setup. Surround sound will have left, right, centre, and possibly even more channels like rears etc. So in that case the centre channel only has some of the audio sent to it e.g. the main dialogue.
 
I think you may be confused by what mono and stereo are? If you want a single speaker on your desk, then you would want a soundbar of some description. These are stereo.
 
I'll look into the sound bars, yes I know they have a left and right speaker and even 'atmos' certifications but physically for a box on your desk to mitigate sound from all dimensions sounds a bittle bit far fetch.

Its the same concept when headphones can offer a '7.1' speaker surround setup...

Any suggestions into what they have heard from is a good mix of performance and looks?
 
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