Re: what's a good center option for a Cabinet that has 20" wide shelves?
Originally Posted by
davef
The low Q port tuning of the Sierra-2 provides for accurate transient accuracy with none of the more common bookshelf speaker bass boom (which is designed so that small speakers sound "big"). Because of this, the Sierra-2 can be placed very close to a wall or in an enclosure as described here with little to no audible performance degradation.
Did not know this, that is great news. I have indeed heard the port booming you mention in most speakers. The Dali Zensor bookshelf is the only one I've actually heard that can be placed very close to a wall with no problems as well. Not a very accurate sounding speaker, to me, though.
-Alex
PS4/Nvidia Shield --> Emotiva XMC-1 --> Emotiva XPA-5 --> Ascend Acoustics Sierra Towers and Horizon Center w/ RAAL tweeters (L/C/R), HTM-200 SE (Surrounds), 2x Rythmik F12 subwoofers