Do the speakers in a surround system need to be in a set? - eviltoast

Do I have to buy a set for 5.1 surround audio, or can I just buy 5 speakers and one subwoofer separately to potentially save money and link them to my AVR?

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    1 year ago

    Potentially even the centre channel may be a bad idea - these are frequently lacklustre and do not share the same frequency response as the rest of the speakers in the series

    Good video: https://youtu.be/GZrdsxrcpBw

    Otherwise yes, ideally you want speakers to have a similar tonal profile