janikphoto
Lunatic Member
has anyone tried their center channel ABOVE the television?
I had it directly under the screen, to the point where you could slip a single piece of paper between. The FL and FR were a bit lower, but no vocals come through them. You can get right up on each speaker and hear the info... they didn’t seem to pull the soundstage down. It’s strictly just voices in situations where the center is pulling all the weight.A visual of the system would help. Perhaps you need to raise both center and monitor. At what height is the center?
Where I was going with that is in terms of absolute height. You definitely don't want the center significantly below your ear level when seated. Last weekend, I went to a home show where there was a fancy home theater room with theater seating and projector. The center, however, was literally 8 inches off the floor!I had it directly under the screen, to the point where you could slip a single piece of paper between. The FL and FR were a bit lower, but no vocals come through them.
There are some processors (My Yamaha RX2000 does it) where you can set the placement up in the software, in other words, you physically place the speaker above the TV and tell the software to make it sound lower (or higher). I was skeptical. I was super surprised how well it works. I really don’t know how it’s done, magic I suppose, but sure enough.. it works.
Are you sure it can make it lower?
I have a Yamaha RX-Z9 and it has the capability to raise the center channel (center channel lift) by sending some of this information to the two height speakers placed above the two mains. But there is no provision (that I remember) that lets you use the two mains to lower an elevated center channel.