I went back & read the whole thing & I think that my head is about to explode, ha!!
My beliefs all along have been that in most HT rooms, this stuff just is not a significant factor.
For those who care not to indulge in AVS, this is my 'layman's' reply there:
In my unscientific experiments with 4 horizontal CC Speakers of different brands only using my ears, I found that in my room, unless one is placed so far off center (+30 degrees), audio deficits were basically not audible to me.
Furthermore, if one is sitting at beyond 30 degrees at 11 ft from my screen, far more serious visual problems with the display begin to crop up & are much more distracting & degrade the HT experience. Not the place to be IMO...
The advent of laptops couple with software & cheap microphones has many people thinking that they are portable anechoic chambers. Sorry, but they aren't - although they can be an interesting tool I suppose.
I now just enjoy the material & don't sweat the small stuff that many enthusiasts needlessly obsess over...
TAM
