Building a center channel by connecting a small pair of speakers together?

[Jobronie]

I picked up a pair of Klipsch SS1 speakers today on deep clearance; I didn't really need them, but I couldn't say no for the price. On the way home, I remembered a discussion somewhere on the internet about connecting a matched pair of speakers together to create a potentially cheap and great sounding center channel speaker.

Is this feasible? Would I connect in series or in parellel?

Any thoughts or help on this would be greatly appreciated.

TIA.....

[PJAceto]

If you connect them in series, you will double the impedance. Connected in parallel, the impedance is halved.

[Jobronie]

But would combining a pair of very decent speakers yield a decent center channel, if wired correctly?

I had been led to believe that a center is very similar in nature to a pair of speakers placed right next to each other, just shielded and in a single cabinet........

[BobDole42]

Why would you combine them? Just use one of them as a center. A center channel is not like two speakers put together - it's more like one speaker oriented horizontally instead of vertically

[Brian Shannon]

I had been led to believe that a center is very similar in nature to a pair of speakers placed right next to each other, just shielded and in a single cabinet........

A center channel is a single speaker, how many drivers it may or may not have does not make it a pair.

Use just one to avoid impedance and phase shifting problems

[PoorBoy]

Don't do it. You're introducing all kinds of phase issues. There's a good chance you'll cancel more frequencies than you'll boost trying that. Placement would be VERY critical, and since you want directionality out of a center channel, I would advise against it.

If you want more output out of your center I'd just boost the output in your receiver (or turn down the mains). Plus you're only talking 3 dB by doubling the sources, which isn't worth the headache when you can just turn it up a bit.