“currently have csi3 center speaker. recently purchased s55 towers for left and right. will s35 center be a significant improvement over my current csi3? Would a csi6 be better than the s35 center?”
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Use the towers as full range. Roll the sub in at 40Hz. Set your current center at 120Hz and above and see how it mixes during dialog. The center is mainly to help locate dialog and “bright” sounds on a screen. It blends with the LR to attempt to pan and make sound seem as if they are from the screen. But you don’t want it doing too much. Just enough for it to create a pleasant effect. You might even consider rolling off the highs above 2k on the center as well if your equipment allows it. It will cut down on brightness. If you can do that successsfully with your current speaker, no need to get a new one. Should work fine.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I have not heard the csi3 with my Yamaha RX-1070 Receiver, but you are talking 6 speakers vs 2, albeit, 6-3" speakers vs 2 -4" speakers, but in my opinion, the sound is more evenly distributed which makes for much better clarity when listening to dialog. I was pleasantly surprised by this center channel, I have Klipsch reference floor standing speakers with dual 6.5" speakers and this center channel complements them well and handels it's duties flawlessly, which means doing the majority of the work on any given movie. I think your best bet is to test them with your room and equipment configuration and if you don't like them, return them...
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