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Yes. I'm suggesting exactly that. The refection panels on the side walls will catch some but not anything coming from the rear surrounds firing directly at the front wall. Treating the front wall fully is pretty much universally agreed as required for purely HT duties.

As I said, if you're leaning toward 2 channel being more important and having dipole/bipole type speakers, then it's not an option - but it is most definitely a compromise for HT duties.

Bryan