I have a center channel. I have the same problem. It’s irritating.

It’s not like people have invented some newfangled thing in their living rooms. Most people have super vanilla audio setups and tuning the audio in a way that sucks for nearly everyone is simply a mistake.

Making excuses for people who make a bad product doesn’t do anyone any favors. We can calmly and clearly call out the error and request that people who make the error cease.