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What, no love for the VP150 around here eh? Well I love mine. But I would not place two of them side by side... EVER! One on top and one on bottom, sure. But side by side? That would be a no.

Love the 150, for what it is, but 3 of the same or nearly the same speaker across the front is better than any 2 with the 150.

What Jay said!

Same goes for any other brand’s horizontal center IMO.

I love my 150 below my 10ft wide screen, never had the need for a second one...hmmmm upgradeitis calling...

A VP150 just sold on Ebay for about $100. I almost pulled the trigger as I too am interested in the effects of two VP150's (bottom and top of the screen).

paul

Dual VP-150 is great!

Can you describe what the difference is, between 1 vs 2 VP150s?

The main difference is that the "horizon" of the sound stage is level with the L/R. This is more important for music, but also for movies. When I used only one, I had the choice between an orchestra that was layed out "/\" or "\/" (not as pronounced, but you get the gist). With one VP150 shooting at my stomach and one slightly above my head, the sound stage becomes flat.

One of the best way to "hear that" is to set your system 4.1 and listen to the front stage of multi-ch and then move to 5.1. With dual centers, the "horizon" remains identical, with a fuller front stage. With the center at the bottom or top, the "line" is skewed.

I just went from a VP100 on top of the screen with a VP150 below the screen to just the single 150 below the screen and it sounds better in this configuration, I'm thinking there's some noise cancellation going on with the two centers ... but of course six months ago the 100/150 combo sounded perfectly fine. I believe *not* focusing on exactly where the sound is coming from and positioning the center ideally makes a big difference.

I loved my VP150 above my screen…I love my M80 even more. Come on Randy get rid of the stage and put 3 M80s across the front.



I just want to clarify that your only talking about experiencing the leveling of the soundstage. Because when I deselected the VP150 and ran a phantom center with my M80s the biggest improvement for me was overall sound quality. I was to busy picking my jaw up off the floor to notice height difference at first.