Bray, Spiff, Peter,

Yep, the stuff mixed for the center is all re-directed to the mains. The center content may not be as clear and intelligible because it's not coming from a dedicated center speaker and you can't separately adjust the center volume, which may explain why some think that you "miss some sounds" in the phantom mode.

In effect, you would, for the aforementioned reasons.

Regards,

Alan Lofft,
Axiom Resident Expert (Retired)