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Finding a matching center channel

Hi guys! I'm building a home theater and bought a pair of Focal Cobalt 816S speakers to be my front left and right. I'm having a lot of trouble finding a matching center channel (The cobalt CC800s), which is understandable given the age of these speakers.

I understand that the Cobalt line has been replaced with the Chorus line. Would a CC700V or CC900 sound comparable? I just don't want my front stage to sound worse because of a non-matching center. the speakers are far enough apart that the 'phantom center' has left me wanting...

Thanks for any advice!
wdouglass
wdouglass OP
8 posts
 
Cool, i'll keep my eyes out for an S if i can find one!
loomisjohnson
1,943 posts
 
wdouglas, i just saw this on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/112418687334?ul_noapp=true
wdouglass OP
8 posts
 
Haha i saw it too, and bought it!

One thing to ask: that speaker is a different color then my fronts. I kind of want to paint them to be the same color as the walls in my theater (a dark orange-brown color). Is there any reason i shouldn’t do that?

edit: i just mean the sides of the case. My fronts are black, this new one is a reddish. see the link below for a reference.
http://www.villatech.fr/media/1000006998_COBALT_806_S_STYLE.pdf
auxinput
2,920 posts
 
It will probably lower the resale value, if you decide you ever want to sell it.  But there is no technical or performance reason why you couldn't paint it.  It's just wood finish.  As long as you don't touch the speaker cones/drivers, you are good.
wdouglass OP
8 posts
 
I probably won't paint it. It doesn't match my fronts, but it kinda matches the furniture, so it'll just be a quirk of my theater room...
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