Thats a small living room. I would be very surprised if you are reaching amp clipping on your 3808. I'm driving my M80s with a 2808 and have had no such issues in a 12x21 room.

I have listened quite loud at times.

Yes, you can level match the LR channels of your amp with the other speakers. Not sure how Audessey would work in this situation though. You would probably have to level match manually. The rackmount amp can sit on a shelf. Air flow is usually font to back or back to front on pro amps.

Fred

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