Phantom center channel volume


For anyone using phantom center channel, Does your processor have sense enough to attenuate the center channel 3dB or does it just send the signal to both the frt l & r? I have yet to find an AVR that isn't 3dB too loud with phantom center. With no center selected in speaker setup one obviously doesn't have any way access volume control of the center channel. I am considering an upgrade to a processor as I have never used the amps in my AVR. Will the processor be any different?
feathed

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Wow, That's cool! Lexicon is one brand I am considering as I like the logic 7. I was just hoping there was a way to set the balance of the center correctly. Having volume control of a phantom center is a great bonus.
For whatever it's worth, I bought a Proceed AVP2 and even a high end processor such as this can't get it right! It is still just sending the signal to both fronts and not correcting for the 3dB increase as two speakers are now reproducing the signal instead of a single speaker.
why is this an issue......
The main front channels are producing the center channel so there IS no center adjustment. The issue is center volume relative to the FRONT channels.