In reply to:

...because they can easily define a listening sweet spot in their living room...



For those who have a dedicated HT room, this might be true (I can't say.) For those of us with the "HT" in the living room, it rarely is. Living rooms share this with movie theatres: Most people sit outside the sweet spot. Like a movie theatre, my goal in my imperfect living room is to spread out the sound as democratically as possible, not to create a single sweet spot for a single individual.

YMMV.


Larry 5.1 M22/VP100/QS8/PB1-ISD