Here's an update and some thoughts in trying to answer my own question. I contacted Mirage and unless the speaker was really boxed in then the issue I was having did not have anything to do with where the speaker was located. I adjusted the center width on my 1070 from 4 to 5. I watched 3 movies over the weekend without any issues related to voice. So, it is possible that by increasing the width to include more sound to the l&r that made the difference or I suppose it could have been the movies themself. The audio problems I was having were all on SD DVD's. I'll keep an eye on this and will hopefully be happy with the current settings. Where I was going with my first post was if I find that I am not satisfied in the future, do I have any options in having a mismatched center channel. From what I've read that is generally not a good idea. I can see it now...for wanting better sound from the center channel, I'll end up redorating my den...I'd better be careful...