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Hey Guys I talked with JC and he said it would be ok to use M2s laying down for a center. He said the M2s would be better tonally than the M3s. The other thing he said and I had already thought of this, because both sides taper in, you have to use some sort of wedges to get the speakers firing at you. He suggested rubber doorstop thingys.
I just had another thought what about 2 VP100 or 2 VP150 end to end, it would look cool anyways.

Besides doorstops, I've read that some Canadians have used hockey pucks. You can also buy acoustic isolation pads that are tapered. I have not tried any of these solutions so I don't know how well any of them work.

-Dave

Hey, years ago I used to use a stack of cheap mouse pads under a pair bookshelf speakers because they sounded better with the padding. Never gave much thought as to why though. I wonder if it's the same principle?

Update:

Well, after much thought with my budget and my actual listening needs, I decided to get the VP100.

Hook it up yesterday and ran it through the paces and I must say I'm lovin it! Voices and dialog are much cleaner and forward. I don't have to strain to hear what they are saying at all. I haven't even ran calibration yet, so it's a big difference for me.

Of course, this is compared to my 8 year old $100.00 yamaha center speaker. I certainly have no regrets. If, when I move into a bigger house, I'll probably just order another VP100.

The cool thing is now I'll have enough cash to order the QS8's. With so many of you praising the QS8's, I'm pretty excited to get them...my current surround speakers suck!

Dduval

Good choice. I'm sure the QS8 will give you a similar boost in performance.

I don't think there's any advantage nor disadvantage to doing this; I think it's simply because they have so many lying around.

Also, when your bored, you can practice knocking beer cans off your buddy's head.

Well, to respond to my own quote.

I recently just got a VP150 thru a very kind member here (used). I couldn't resist the offer. Freaking glad I did, I thought the VP100 was good, the VP150 is way better.

Definitely more punch in dialog, no excessive highs, good spectrum all the way. Made a big difference in multi channel music as well.