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popularZorba1446 posted Jul 9, 2026 8:00 PM
JBL Studio 625C for $195 -- 2-Way Loudspeaker with Compression Driver tweeter & Dual 5.25” woofers
$195
$495
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If you absolutely cannot fit its larger brother the 665C as your center speaker, this will do in a pinch, and at half the cost. They have the additional benefit of being SEALED designs (no rear ports) so you can push them close up against a wall if needed.
If you can fit the 665C as your center but can't do the JBL 680, 690, or 698 towers for L/R, this 625C can be turned vertically and used as L/R mains---the extra woofer provides indisputable "no replacement for displacement" benefits over its single woofer bookshelf brothers the 620 and 630, and is a no-brainer at this clearance price. So you could do 3 of them for $600...total steal!
Pretty much ANY 2/2.5-way MTM center speaker can be turned vertical and used as mains. Most speaker companies will never tell you that because they'd rather make more per-unit profit selling you pricier towers and bookshelf speakers, which is why these MTM speakers are almost always * marketed * as "center speakers" --- some notable exceptions are the Ascend 340SE2 and KEF Q6 Meta.
(Obviously they will need a subwoofer to get the low frequencies, just like 90% of any speakers.)
All JBL Studio 6 speakers on sale here: https://slickdeals.net/search?q=jbl+st
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If you can fit the 665C as your center but can't do the JBL 680, 690, or 698 towers for L/R, this 625C can be turned vertically and used as L/R mains---the extra woofer provides indisputable "no replacement for displacement" benefits over its single woofer bookshelf brothers the 620 and 630, and is a no-brainer at this clearance price. So you could do 3 of them for $600...total steal!
Pretty much ANY 2/2.5-way MTM center speaker can be turned vertical and used as mains. Most speaker companies will never tell you that because they'd rather make more per-unit profit selling you pricier towers and bookshelf speakers, which is why these MTM speakers are almost always * marketed * as "center speakers" --- some notable exceptions are the Ascend 340SE2 and KEF Q6 Meta.
(Obviously they will need a subwoofer to get the low frequencies, just like 90% of any speakers.)
All JBL Studio 6 speakers on sale here: https://slickdeals.net/search?q=jbl+st
https://www.crutchfield
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If you absolutely cannot fit its larger brother the 665C as your center speaker, this will do in a pinch, and at half the cost. They have the additional benefit of being SEALED designs (no rear ports) so you can push them close up against a wall if needed.
If you can fit the 665C as your center but can't do the JBL 680, 690, or 698 towers for L/R, this 625C can be turned vertically and used as L/R mains---the extra woofer provides indisputable "no replacement for displacement" benefits over its single woofer bookshelf brothers the 620 and 630, and is a no-brainer at this clearance price. So you could do 3 of them for $600...total steal!
Pretty much ANY 2/2.5-way MTM center speaker can be turned vertical and used as mains. Most speaker companies will never tell you that because they'd rather make more per-unit profit selling you pricier towers and bookshelf speakers, which is why these MTM speakers are almost always * marketed * as "center speakers" --- some notable exceptions are the Ascend 340SE2 and KEF Q6 Meta.
(Obviously they will need a subwoofer to get the low frequencies, just like 90% of any speakers.)
All JBL Studio 6 speakers on sale here: https://slickdeals.net/search?q=jbl+st
https://www.crutchfield
If you can fit the 665C as your center but can't do the JBL 680, 690, or 698 towers for L/R, this 625C can be turned vertically and used as L/R mains---the extra woofer provides indisputable "no replacement for displacement" benefits over its single woofer bookshelf brothers the 620 and 630, and is a no-brainer at this clearance price. So you could do 3 of them for $600...total steal!
Pretty much ANY 2/2.5-way MTM center speaker can be turned vertical and used as mains. Most speaker companies will never tell you that because they'd rather make more per-unit profit selling you pricier towers and bookshelf speakers, which is why these MTM speakers are almost always * marketed * as "center speakers" --- some notable exceptions are the Ascend 340SE2 and KEF Q6 Meta.
(Obviously they will need a subwoofer to get the low frequencies, just like 90% of any speakers.)
All JBL Studio 6 speakers on sale here: https://slickdeals.net/search?q=jbl+st
https://www.crutchfield
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Cost you less than two of these but it's a 5.1 setup.
Highly reviewed and likely provides better performance since it includes a sub!
Or with a AVR for $599!
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This is a better matching center than those two ime.
The 520c was such a glaring weakness, people switched to the closest matching alternative(RC263)which really wasn't ime.
As you can see just in here, this is pretty important/beneficial.
Getting 3 identical speakers is a significant benefit, main reason, they match sonically.
We are ultimately talking about the improvement of sound after all.
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I have been looking for a new center speaker to replace a pioneer c22 that I'm very unhappy with but I don't understand why so many center speakers have awful off axis performance. Like how does ascend acoustics pull off those great looking off axis measurements on the HTM-200SE2 without being a 3-way design?
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