I had seen those threads, Chess, which is why I ordered the VP150. However, in my environment, I noticed a very significant drop-off in output as I moved off axis, one that I heard with my ears. The meter just confirmed it. I have been emailing a couple of guys who notice this as a "muffling" of the center, but neither of them has calibrated their systems, so I don't know if it's what they're hearing. If this were such a great center channel layout, I wonder why others haven't picked up on it, though.