Flatscreen between speakers

"I always have Plasma." 

I'm an outlier. 20 year old Plasma and picture still crisp as day one(probably cause it doesn't get used much) 

Not a suggestion, but my remedy is the Plasma is on a rollaway. On movie night roll it in, a couple of connections, and I have insta home theater. 

Never cared for seeing a TV in a living space when it's not being used.

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A projection screen or no screen if music is the top priority.

+1 projection screen, you beat me to it :)

That said, 2-channel and HT should not share a system, or a room if possible. I do realize folks living in NYC apartments will have to share space, but when that's the case it’s definitely best to segregate speakers and electronics.

@elliottbnewcombjr  "I am surprised that you do not have a true center channel, when content is originally created, center dialog/content does not exist in FL and FR so Phantom Center cannot create what doesn’t exist. There is no need for Bass in the center."

Depends on your processor. Lyngdorf has the option of sending all center channel info to front L&R. Pretty sure other processors also have this capability.

shooter41

correct, if you have no center speaker, you have to send center to FL & FR, thus the AVR needs to make it’s own psuedo-surround with phantom center,

I am simply encouraging people to try even a SMALL center, it doesn’t take much, as a matter of fact it is important to avoid too much center, 

Often my TV starts in some pseudo-surround, I don’t know who, when, where, but if I change to ’DIRECT", it may change to 2 channel and actually sound better. The Industry thinks we want ALL our speakers working all the time, like the weird stretch that makes basketball players look like football players, playing with a weird oval ball.