Experience with no center channel speaker?

[Elvis]

My wife is set on the TV centered on a wall. Doing so also centers it on a stud.

She suggested no center channel speaker instead of adding framing around the center speaker. Anyone have any experience with no center? Basically a 4.0 surround system? The receiver allows for it.

My system is torn up or I would test it out on the home theater.

Thanks for any opinions. Hate to join another forum just to ask this question.

[SMHarman]

It's the primary dialog / voice channel. Ive read before almost 50 % of the soundtrack goes there. That will be split to the sides as an in-phase signal to get a Phantom centre.

It may work but I'll prewire for a center in case you / she change her mind. Depends how dialog heavy your TV watching is. Especially at lower volumes.

[Elvis]

13 minutes ago, SMHarman said:

change her mind

Which she has already done. Turns out centered on the wall doesn't put it centered on the bed on the opposite wall. Thanks, anyway.

[eddy.trochez]

When you don't have a center channel,  the sound gets sent to the right and left speakers. The front stage will sound a little "stereo" if you know what I mean. Artison offers a solution where the center channel is built into the right and left speakers.