Yhanks very much for the prompt response to my question guys. The way it was put to me by the salesmean (a very respected individual in the local audio community) is that speaker companies hate to break up pairs, and that placement of a 3rd vertical speaker is a problem for some and a horizontal centre speaker is a compromise and that using 3 matched speakers for the front in his opinion was THE only way to go, I guess when I heard the direct comparison of a centre and front I began to wonder because there really was a difference the interesting part was when he took the same b&w centre speaker and stood it vertically it sounded a bit better, personally a vertically wall mounted m22ti would be a problem for me as well. I think I will take the plunge and go with the vp 150 in boston cherry with m22ti's and qs8's in the rear! Sub-Woof to follow!

By the way I just cracked the box on a Yammaha Rx-v1400 It will be a blast to hear it all up and running......

Thanks again, Axel