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Is there a problem if you set the center a couple of dB louder than the rest? If that fixes your problem, that's what I'd do.

Or, does that mess up things for other listening?

One other thing to consider is changing your listening mode of your receiver. I had a similar problem with my old Kenwood. The center just did not seem loud enough even though I set it up "correctly" with my SPL meter. Changing the listening mode on the old Kenwood did not seem to help the problem.

However, I don't have that problem with the Onkyo set to THX Cinema mode. Everything sounds just fine. Just something that you may want to consider.