Soliloquy bad for HT?

This may seem like a basic question, but have you changed the speaker settings and levels on your receiver to reflect the addition of center speaker? I have never heard a TV have "more natural" sounding voices than a quality speaker. It may be what you are accustomed to, and therefore sound "right" to you. Try going through your receiver set-up again and checking your settings.

checked the settings (speaker size and delay)and messed with them for a good 30 min. I know what your saying about what I'm used to, but I don't think it's my "untrained" ear. I have never heard a TV sound better than any center channel either, til now. For what it's worth, the Toshiba HX series is thier "cinema series" with upgraded audio componets in it. That probably means it's using $5 drivers instead of $3 drivers but I don't know.

The 5.3 mains do sound far, far better than the TV though. This leads me back to my first inclination that either this C3 is not the perfect match it's supposed to be, or the placement is providing very bad results. Problem is the placement is on the TV? Anyway, I'm thinking of returning the C3 and putting the money torwards an amp upgrade.

I absolutly love the 5.3 mains, but the fiance' doesn't like them because I won't allow them to be placed against the wall. Lots of things to be worked out here.

I have 2 HT systems w/ soliloquy. Most used is 5.0 w/ C3 and SAT5. (Also have 5.3). I noticed big change in dialogue in C3 by changing speaker cables. I was using Nordost Red Dawn but Tice 416a is a much better sound on C3. The analysis oval 9 work equally well. I was quite surprised the cable change was most remarkable on the C3 - the dialogue is much improved, which is most of what the center gets (may be the difference). I think the Soliloquy's sound really good in HT. I like better than paradyme and 600 B&Ws I have had in system.

I returned the C3. Later, I checked back with the dealer. He said it was a bad tweeter.

bbroussard, the 5.3's from what I understand from soliloquy is the only speaker in the line that has the tweeter wired out of phase. These were designed by Dennis Had of Cary. If there is a significant matching problem this could have something to do with it. Check with Soliloquy.