You can certainly use the M3 as a center. It does not fit on top of the television quite as conveniently but it will work well. I think what you are hearing as the weak link with the VP100 is in fact a weak link with any center channel that utilizes a woofer tweeter woofer array. This configuration has a detrimental effect on the off axis response of the speaker. In the overall performance of the Home Theater system this colored off axis response is very difficult to detect and becomes out weighed by the advantages of having the center channel sit close to the screen.

Ian Colquhoun
President & Chief Engineer

Ian Colquhoun
President & Chief Engineer