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No, I did the level and distance settings myself.

I don't even recall any mic, I did all that myself with an SPL meter. People tell me those auto setups aren't good, so I used their advice.

Drew-
Have you put your ear up to each driver to ensure it's working? Called Axiom?

something that no one has mentioned, make sure your VP150 is wired in phase with the receiver.

Drew, your second post in which you apparently indicate that even with the M60s handling the center in "phantom" mode, the center was disappointing, suggests to me that there was merit in Mark's comment, although you tended to dismiss it. The Bose may in fact be producing a unrealistically bloated response in the upper bass frequencies, which may nevertheless sound impressive to you.

You haven't heard from me that the auto-setup is no good; my view is that it's at least as accurate as the result from using a separate SPL meter and making adjustments manually would be. In any case, if you're calibrated at least reasonably well(but check the polarity anyway), that along with the M60s "phantom" try indicates that the problem is likely to be with the Bose.

Someone has probably already mentioned this ... but when my speakers are well balanced with the subwoofer(s) you can't tell where the subs are or the point of origin for low frequencies ... instead, it makes the speakers sound huge ... or even more to the point, when perfect, you get that great 'wall of sound' effect, with sides and backs providing whizzing bullets, cavitating helicopter rotors, foot steps, etc.

I had the same type thing happen with my VP100. Shrill, scratchy dialog. Turned out to be the speakers, got replacements and all is well. I couldn't ever narrow down which one was doing it so they just sent me two new ones.

Bill3508