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Originally posted by curegeorg:
the difference of the back soundstage (effects) and front soundstage (dialog), is THE difference. the front soundstage is exponentially more important than the rear.

You're right.
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[originally posted by curegeorg:
6.1 has one rear mono channel, 7.1 has basically a stereo pair of rear channels,

You're wrong, except, if not mistaken, in the case of DD Pro Logic IIx and Logic 7 or any other 7th channel matrix surround mode. Regular DD EX and DTS ES are just dual mono in the rear surrounds.
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[originally posted by curegeorg:
having 2 center speakers is not really the same, because they are not in stereo, they are producing the same sound. although so closely as to negatively impact each others sound.

Umm...I don't quite understand what you're getting at with this. If you're talking about room effects on each of the individual speakers, ok, there might be some effect. Overall though, the difference between the two speakers would not be noticed on a normal basis.

IDareYa: The two speakers would act like one speaker and any adjustments you made to the center channel would effect both. It's just a matter of how you would power them. I don't know if you would want to connect them in series or in parallel.