Like the 170, i just don't see how this works as a great center channel. Seems like you'd have to choose either poor WAF/looks by placing the speaker off-center physically so that the tweeter of the speaker is centered with the TV, or center the speaker itself with the TV horizontally and, and a result, have the voice(s) off-axis.
I would think (without having actually tried it) I could notice oddities with the voice with the tweeter even a few inches off center.
IMO, a "center channel" is a speaker that, when centered with your TV, will have the tweeter perfectly in the middle: Like with the 340 or HTM-200.
Placed horizontally above the TV, the voice would be way too high above the TV. It might sound ok if you could place it vertically, immediately below the TV, but I've tried placing them below and it doesn't sound right to me. YMMV.
Last edited by azanon; 09-16-2007 at 08:58 PM.
Sierra-1 - Mains+Center
Surrounds - HTM200SEs (x4 in back, and x2 Atmos)
Sub - SVS PB-2000
Receiver - Onkyo TX-RZ1100
Oppo Darbee Edition Blue Ray
Sony 4K blu ray player