Need for high quality powered center

Hey @erik_squires , how is the project coming. I have a powered center channel (Paradigm Active CC) below my screen and a passive one above it. The active has a volume knob on the back, a high pass filter, bass and treble contour knobs and both XLR and RCA inputs. You can see the specs using this link:

http://www.cain.cainslair.com/Paradigm%20Reference%20Active%20Series%20Specifications.htm

Erik,

Why the need for active speaker in the center?  I power my center from the HT reciever like most people and am pretty happy.  I power my fronts with my 2 channel amp for a nice improvement.

Jerry

@carlsbad2 

I don't use a receiver in my main rig, I use a pre/pro. My preference is to have the amplification internal. It is biamped internally with an active crossover. It means less amp and speaker wires for my rack.  I agree that you can get a good result with a receiver and a passive soeaker. The active route is nice with everything dedicated for that speakers drivers. YMMV.

I’m just wondering who’s your target market and what’s your price point (sorry if I just missed this info somewhere)? Knowing you I’d have to think this is a higher-performance — and likely an excellent — product, but at that level people tend to like to match their center speaker and amps so thinking that might be a tough sell so just curious what your thoughts are along these lines. Also, I’d love to see some pix of whatever ya got along with specs, components, etc., and I’d be happy to give you a shoutout to potential customers I happen to find wherever. This seems like a labor of love, and I’m all in on stuff like that!