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The speakers are the Epic 60 VaSSallo Series 500 5.1 in rosewood with the natural stain and the low gloss satin finish with black accents. I chose the the Entertainment center as it was the smallest one that would fit between the 2 windows and look good with the speakers. Probably not a lot of women who designed their living room around their speakers, but I always have been a little different.  -Laurie
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Ajax, I phrased that wrong. The Wake Forest game was the only good game on right *then*, USC came after ;-)
You phrased it well enough that I understood what you meant. I was just giving you a good natured hard time. 
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I really am looking for someone to recommend a more extensible wall bracket to use with the back surround?
Not sure what you mean by "extensible." If you can elaborate, you'll probably get some good suggestions.
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Probably not a lot of women who designed their living room around their speakers, but I always have been a little different.
I don't know if you have any idea just how different that is. Were you not already spoken for, I suspect you would be receiving numerous proposals (not to be confused with propositions, although knowing the ribald satyrs that frequent this forum, you might receive some of those as well. ).
Jack
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I never had a chance to really "decorate" a room before, but it really is a lot of fun. Maybe we could collaborate on yours St PatGuy.
If something can be done to hide my roommate's empty beer cans and his bird's poop, I'm all for it.
Now if I can just figure out a way to disable the volume button on his TV. . .uh oh, I'm venting. . .better go now.
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uh oh, I'm venting. . .better go now.
Funny. When I 'vent' usually it's the other people that decide to leave.
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Very nice room. Simple, elegant and comfortable looking. By the way what TV is that? I can't quite make it out.
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Absolutely beautiful. Well done!!! Did anyone mention about that center speaker? (j/k) 
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Huzzah! Wow. A newb comes in and puts most of us grizzled vets to shame. Very nice setup! As far as your unveiling party, it's not that bad of drive to the land of the Ute from PDX...
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Good show, Jack!
Laurie, you have a lovely home. I hope you and your family will enjoy it for many years to come.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned propping something under the back of the center channel speaker. Our northern neighbors often use hockey pucks. Perhaps a wad of duct tape would be appropriate in the South. At any rate, I like to put those ~3/8" stick-on vinyl bumpers on the front, bottom outside corners of speakers in such installations, but I live in earthquake country.
You might want to consider moving your main speakers forward into the room just a bit more (so that they are in line with the front plane of the entertainment center). While it seems like a very small adjustment (and may not be possible on the right), having early reflections could muddy the sountstage somewhat. Give it a shot and see if you perceive a difference.
Same thing with the sub. Consider moving it around a bit and conduct some listening tests. Sometimes, even a few inches can make a difference with room interactions at lower frequencies.
As to your surround dilemma, MarkSJohnson mounted his surrounds to a nicely finished wood plate due to plaster concerns. Perhaps simply mounting your existing (FMB?) bracket to a nicely proportioned and polished piece of trim would give you the additional spacing you need. I guess it depends on how much extension you need. The sturdiest of the Omnimount brackets might help, but I don't know if they are actually deeper than the FMB. Note that the amount of force increases very significantly the farther away from the wall you have the weight, so make sure you're hitting a stud or are otherwise comfortable with the security of the mount.
Congrats on a beautiful room!
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Yes Laurie, your room is done beautifully indeed. As Jack and Tom mentioned, some suggestions might be tilting the center channel downward to point at your ears(was there not enough space immediately on top of the TV?), and moving the mains forward so that they're flush with the front of the entertainment center, to minimize diffractions/reflections from it.
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