I need a little help deciding weather to use my Beolab 9s as part of the surround sound for the TV, or put them in my bedroom or office and use them as good music/stereo speakers. Im trying to make the best use of their potential, as I am fortunate enough to have acquired a pair. (I also acquired two sets of BL 8000s and a set of BL 6000, of which I need to sell one set or another as a compromise with the wife)
Iv been wondering how much audio is played out of the front Left and Right channels in a surround sound setup, when considering that the AV surround processing tries to give a lot of work to the center channel. From my understanding, AV processing will try to put most of the dialogue to the center channel, along with other central sounds.
We have seen questions on the forum, on people asking what speakers to get, it would appear that less financial emphasis is put on back channels, and even slightly less for left and right surround. The idea being that these are just more sound effects to help with scene emersion, rather than essential channels up front.
My question is, if one were to use... say, Beolab 9s, for front left and right channels, are these speakers wasted, as the AV processor is only sending miscellaneous sounds, while the vital stuff, (dialogue, central scene sounds) is intentionally being isolated and not sent to all these speakers, sparing that sound only for the front channel?
Conversely, is that reason to persue an ever better center channel than one originally might be thinking? So, in my case, I was considering Beolab 4000s as centers, ought I be considering Beolab 3s instead, if only to make full use of the Beolab 9s in that the center is "measuring up"?
Or am I mistaken? Is more sound than one might think sent to the front left and right channels? With a good quality pre-amp, CD player, or Gramophone player, I could setup a nice music station that will make full use of two speakers in simple stereo. On the other-hand, my whole family watches TV/Movies daily, so the BL9s will physically be made full use of, if not full potential use of.
Any thoughts on what I might consider?
Chris
