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"Seriously degrade"? Meh. I would guess barely audible, if at all.

I just talked to a friend of mine who ran an audio store for years. A real pro. He's retired. He told me it's not the end of the world if I got the polarity reversed. There might be an audible difference, though I didn't hear any. Nonethless, I will replace the wire for the center channel. He...

Thanks for the responses. I looked at the wire again (with a lighted magnifying glass, no less) and I see no markings. It's a nondescript copper-colored wire with a transparent plastic sleeve throughout. I see no way of distinguishing one strand from another. This is the center front speaker of...

My stereo wire has plusses on it, but no markings on my home theater speaker wire. Maybe I'll buy some new wire.

Thanks. You were right. Bad connection. I stripped the wires again, went into the manual settings onscreen and selected Small, and now it works. I have a question for you. I didn't set up this system. The speaker wires aren't marked to distinguish R from L, plus from minus. It's difficult to...

Read the first sentence again, chief.

Briefly: Out of the box the center channel doesn't work. This was step two in the TV set-up screen. I plan to call Music Direct for help. The long version: The $800 NR150 replaced a 20 year Integra receiver (which lacked HDMI). One thing I liked about the Integra was the automatic dialog...