Matt: relax a little... we're here for the good times, too... .

Bruce: all good questions. And everything you've read is true (or not, if you're a Firesign Theater fan). I keep my centre on top of the unit that the TV is in, which puts it about a foot above the set. Further, it is pushed back more than a foot to allow for WAF. I do have an adjustment for distance/delay, as Matt points out, and I believe it actually helps. However, even without it, when you add the natural imaging of the mains, everything sounds natural, just as Larry said. My centre speaker is about 1 notch higher in volume than my mains. ... Mike