Thanks, guys. Those were the ideas I needed, I think :

1. go for a wall substitute, not just stands

2. Why bother testing them in a surround mode -- just test one speaker at a time, and feed it "mains" information instead of surround to get a better idea of any sound differences -- they're both the same shape so the "QS factor" is going to be the same for both anyways.


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M5HP, M40ti, Sierra-1
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