I've heard the "use the same speaker center as mains" thing before and agree based on my readings. The only thing is when I see pics of their HT set up they have a speaker upright on top of their tv. It just looks stupid. How best do I balance the sound perfection w/ the asthetics aspect.

Truthfully, I shouold be buying DIY speaker kits at the same price for greater performance but they look so unfinished.

Really - I'm in a bind on what to do.