My unscientific experimenting with 3 different horizontal WTW or MTM CC speakers (including the VP100) revealed virtually no detrimental audible artifacts until beyond 30 Degrees off axis. Even then the high end drop off was minimal & not a factor in our HT room. I suspect that this would be true in most real world situations. Some of this stuff is a bit overblown IMO.

The reason that I went to the bigger VP160 (with M22s L & R) was because I've been reading all over the net that the movie soundtrack mixes now direct much more content to the CC other than just dialogue. Bigger CC Speakers such as the VP160/180 are much more capable of handling this extended content.

The main problem with large CC Speakers is finding an appropriate place to put them. Many stands just can't handle them....

TAM