Wow, thank you for all the replies and the welcome. As far as placement goes, I tried my usual spot, about a foot below my tv and also above the tv. Unfortunately I still got the same result. Also my old center channel, Polk csi3, seems to sound better with dialog to me which is where I find the vp150 to be off. To my knowledge the speakers are working properly. At this point I'm not sure what to do because I really love the m60's, but I don't think I can live with the center channel. I might be able to squeeze 2 m22's horizontally below my tv but how would I wire them out from the receiver? I have two unused channels since I only use 5.1, but would that mess things up as far as sending the right audio to the right speakers? Thanks.