Thanks for the advice, fellas. I took it apart and pushed the majority of the indentions back out.
Upon further research, I see that an upgrade of my center channel might be the best move to improve my current setup. I've got my eye on a Cerwin Vega VE-5C. Ninety bucks on ebay.
Any suggestions?
My rambunctious 2 year-old pulled the cheap plastic grill from my center channel speaker, and pushed his thumbs into all the areas that could be wrecked with tiny but powerful force. This has all but ruined the sound of my system. I had been enjoying pretty decent DD for the last year and I miss...