A couple of nights ago, I had guests over and we ended up watching the first two Die Hard movies. I was sitting directly across the right active LFR and one of my guests was sitting across the left. We were both 14 feet away from the center image and two seats away from the MLP. Recall I no longer run a center. My setup is 4.5 with QS10s as sides.

Anyway, I was very surprised with both my guest and I perceiving a very strong, natural center image. I also found images didn't collapse into the active LFR close to me but rather in the volume behind it lending to diffuse effects. The active LFR furthest from me diffused its images really well too rendering them unlocalizable to the speaker.

Last time I assessed the center image away from the MLP, it only persisted one seat away. Two seats away was an absolute no go. I've since tried with other material and the center image is holding steady two seats away.

I don't know what to make of this.

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