I watched Late Phases tonight...without a center. I found I enjoyed it more without the 160 than with. This is very surprising. Even more surprising was being able to sit 20 degrees off-axis on one side and 30 degrees on the other and still enjoy a diffuse (relative to the 160) yet convincing center image. I have no idea why this is the case particularly when I've tried muting the center a number of times in the past and found I hated it.

I'm going to experiment with this some more. BTW, I watched this movie at -35 from 15 feet away and missed absolutely nothing. I had a couple of pocket knives come off the wall in the living room from the bass. I had to turn it down when I muted the center but even so, I noticed quite a bit more bass with the center de-activated.

House of the Rising Sone
Out in the mid or far field
Dedicated mid-woofers are over-rated