How big should center spkr be to set to "large"?

Here's a shorter explaination, IMHO. If the speaker can't handle "full range"...45 or 50Hz to 20kHz for arguments sake, set the center channel to small on your receiver. It just makes life much easier that way.

Thats just my take on things though. It works for me.

I use full range floor standing speakers for my front LR, but I find the sound more open and transparent even for stereo if I set all the speakers to small, and let the sub handle LF.

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I also have full-range floorstanders for front L/R, but I don't have a sub, so I can't set them to small.

I'm confused, how about everyone else?

Small center channel with no sub and full-range LR's = big problem.

There is no good answer except work some overtime and get a subwoofer ASAP!

Are your left and right speakers Paradigms? If they are not then you must get the "matching" center for your speakers or you're designing your system all wrong and no setting is going to cover your mistake.

So what are the rest of the speaker? Lets fix your system right not patch a problem that goes much deeper than the bass response of your center channel.

Do we have an agreement to fix it correctly from the start?

Sorry, no such agreement here, due to financial considerations!! My question is just trying to get at what the best setting might be for my setup, and so far, it seems the consensus here is that I should set it to small.

My front L/R are Legacy Signature III, which have a rather large subwoofer section and go down to about 20hz in the right room, which mine is not. But they do shake the room pretty good if you turn it up.

It does seem that movies overall sound better with the center set to "small". It seems the processor in my receiver sends the bass for the center to the front L/R since I have it set to "no sub".