Perhaps you're right, and thank you for those articles, they were quite helpful. I could be used to the bigger sound, but not so much in movies but with music, the lows are defined, the highs are defined, but everything in between seems to get all mixed together, and the results can be disappointing. I have a question about soundstage and toe-in however, I've noticed that when I listen too music, the soundstage is focused directly in front of me, right at the TV. If I didn't know any better, I'd swear the centre channel speaker was on, but it isn't. For best results, particularly playing back 5.1 material, do you want the soundstage from the front speakers to be right in front of the centre channel? Or does that tend to mix the three channels all into one? Perhaps using toe-out would help?