Craig, I don't know what your definition of a "real room" is. It's certainly NOT your ginormous man-cave...LOL!
I sit exactly 8 feet away from the 150 and on centre. It sounds alright...certainly nothing like the VP160. If I sit anywhere to the left or the right, all bets are off.
Mdavis, the 150 and the 180 have an unconventional tweeter location. The 160 is a D'Appolito configuration which is proven in the industry.
Andrew from Axiom did a beautiful job on the 160. I'd love to hear the opinion from someone who has heard the 160 and 180 in the same environment.
Honestly, just buy the 160. You'll love it. And I'll envy you
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Thanks a bunch, Mojo. I hadn't realized that the 150 and 180 were using non-standard tweeter placements for centre channel speakers. Off-axis performance is important to me as well.
Aesthetically, I'd have preferred a centre speaker that was less tall, but that's not the end of the world, if the performance is everything it appears to be, and certainly, the fact that it matches with the M60's is a major reason to go that route.
I'm convinced!
Placement-wise, it will be going in front of a large front projection screen. Because of this, I'll need to have it on the floor and not on a stand (which would put it too high). Given this, I presume I'd be best off going with the "inverted" option, that angles the components slightly upwards?
