I feel that pain. I’m waiting to see if I can fire up this ZA-1000. I sent pictures in to get approval to switch it on after the toroid was discovered to be a bit loose and moving around inside the box.
Absolutely frustrating.
In another vein, speaking about Center channels, are they oriented horizontally for dispersion characteristics?
Or could you use one or two towers (vertically setup ) as a Center? I’m guessing there is a very good reason 100% of all Center channels are horizontal.