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KEF Q1 Meta Bookshelf Speakers (Pair; Walnut) $399.99 + Free Shipping
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People only buy traditional horizontal center channel speakers because of marketing and because it's the norm, but it's actually the wrong speaker to buy in almost all cases.
People only buy traditional horizontal center channel speakers because of marketing and because it's the norm, but it's actually the wrong speaker to buy in almost all cases.
This is all of course nerd talk haha. In the case of these metas, you are 100% right!
I have 3 recliners as my seats, which are always reclined during viewing, so I have my TV mounted as high as possible on a mobile TV cart, angled down for on-axis viewing from the reclined positions.
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If you would have trouble fitting the R3 under your TV or on your entertainment center cabinet, consider raising the TV with 3rd party adjustable height TV legs that mount to the TV's VESA holes, but if you watch from a couch, be careful not to make your TV too high. The center, or bottom 1/3 line of the TV should be at eye level when sitting normally. If your entertainment center cabinet is too high already to avoid this as an issue, just grab a center speaker stand that is compatible with a bookshelf speaker. Make sure the R3's tweeter is angled at your ears, and not at your knees.
R6 is still a fantastic speaker though, and any comb filtering/lobing issues you'd get from it (inherent to almost all traditional horizontal center speaker designs) would be minimal in off-axis seating positions, especially with its 3-way design and woofer crossover frequency of 500Hz. If you can't find any buyer for the extra R3 and don't want to keep the spare, the R6 will save you $300 at MSRP. That said, I see a pair of used R3s on Amazon for $2000 right now, so that'd be my choice, whether or not you can find a buyer for the extra one.
I'm very envious of your system though, and would absolutely love to hear it in person.
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