Magnepan 1.6 fronts-what non-maggies center/sur

The original Linaeum speakers, or....Aurasound linaeum speakers work fairly well. Radio shack, also had some models which used the Linaeum drivers...I have no experience with these though? (under $100)

Hard to find, but Apogee speakers, had a few hometheater speakers in their line. ($200-$500)

Any other small cone/ribbon hybrid may work well also? ($300-$800)

I have Apogee panels, and did use an Apogee speaker as a center channel in the past. I'm using an Aurasound Linaeum speaker right now though....works well enough for movies.

Dave

I used a definitve tech center with Electrostats for a few months and I was surprised how well it performed, when you actually listen to a speakers integrated in your system it shows you that the all speakers must match crowd may be going a bit too far. In a perfect world speakers will match and mine now do but you can get away very well with many speakers. How large can youe center be if you can share?

I also had a Def Tech Center (CLR 2500) and it sounded great. But the best non Maggie one that I had was an
Anothony Gallo, I believe it was the precursor to the current signature model.

You can run a "ghost" center,no center at all, works surprisingly well. I ran my 3A sigs this way.

I can tell you as way to get a killer Magnepan center for cheap. Buy a single MMG and mount the feet on the sides, and lay it over. Your getting the best center channel you could from Magnepan for $300. I also will be using the MMG's for rears, and the 1.6 for mains.-SVS Ultra subs.