thanks for peeking your head into the forums dave, I'm sure you're super busy with the new towers. the center channel actually intrigues me, it'd be interesting to see how much different it is from the towers, as i think i like the dimensions/compactness and front port of the center more.

anyways..

I'm about 8-12 ft back, depending where I might be sitting in my room. i have an spl meter on my phone but that's probably not even close to being accurate. I do plan on doing an AB test of my 340 and 170 to see if there is any real difference with what I'm hearing. I think it may just come down to me needing/wanting more up front out of my speakers- so another 340 is an optimal choice. i'm also contemplating a second sub-- but that's mostly unrelated to this post.