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Pioneer SP-C22 Andrew Jones Center-Channel Speaker

Nov 19, 2020

These are pretty great center speakers. Especially so if you end up using two of them as bookshelf towers. Better than the SP-BS22, worse than the SP-FS52.

Nov 19, 2020

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areyoudumborwhat

Nov 20, 2020

FayneThese would be decent for a 3.1 home theater setup?

Nov 20, 2020

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Fayne

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Nov 20, 2020

areyoudumborwhatFor sure. Especially if you're talking with a subwoofer. I've the whole Andrew Jones set (without the Atmos), and found that it is great bang for buck when it comes to home theatre. The typical pair of bookshelves with a single centre and subwoofer will sound good, same with three centres and a sub. With a reasonably powered solid state, you should be able to fill a small to medium sized room with ear melting goodness. Might be a bit small for a large room, unless you don't need wall shaking. I find that in 2.1, a simple 12w tube amp is able to deafen me quite nicely, without having to take the volume knob over 50%. I mostly run 2.1, with a pair of the AJ centres, bookshelves, and towers running through an impedance matching box so I get high sound pressure at low volumes. Subwoofer coming off of the pre-out on my Freya+. I flipped the Centres on end and use them as left and rights. Example photo, pardon the mess:

You can see the center channel sitting on top of the bookshelf. There is of course another set on the other side. For reference purposes, this is the stack that drives my speakers:

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Nov 20, 2020

Ptolemy12

Jan 18, 2021

FayneWhat tube amps are those please?

Jan 18, 2021

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Fayne

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Jan 18, 2021

Ptolemy12Top left is a Primaluna Prologue 5 power amp using Tung-Sol KT120, top right is a Yaqin MC-6P1P integrated tube amp using Svetlana 6P1P-EV, bottom is a Schiit Freya+ preamp using TungSol 6SN7. Under the Freya+ is a Schiit Ragnarok 2 solid state amp. Not shown in picture are Nobsound 6P1 and Audioromy M-828A integrated tube amps. The Primaluna is the best sounding tube amp in that pile, but the Yaqin gets the most use overall. I have a thing for the Russian 6P1P-EV tubes it is loaded with. They have all the sound characteristics of a 6V6, but can be had at $100 for a box of 50.

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Jan 18, 2021

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