Mike, the placement of the center was actually pretty easy based on the solution I chose. Simply drilled holes for 4 bolts and mounted onto a stud. Since I'm 6' 3" & the mount isn't very high and the speaker only weighs 46 lbs, once I got the mount up, lifting the speaker wasn't bad. Again, I shamelessly stole the idea from a picture I saw of the solution. Love how it looks like it's floating; especially when only the sconces are on and they are dimmed.