As far as waiting until I can afford more of the high end stuff, I will definitely do that. This unit is for our family room for a house I am moving into in about a week. I want something decent to listen to up there, but I will definitely want the some better equipment for the basement once I finish it. So, I would entertain the synergy or the reference speakers. I noticed the reference speakers had great range, but do you have any experience with the synergy & do they put out a decent sound? I know the output is based off of the receiver too, but I wanted someone who has some Synergy or Reference in wall speakers in their house that they would actually recommend. I wanted to keep the family room low-end, but I don't want to waste money by trying to be too cheap. If it cost a few hundred more to get the reference speakers & be happy, I would, but otherwise if synergy will create a decent sound to begin my home theatre experience, I would do those too.
My family room is about 18 x 23 with a 9 foot ceiling. Open to any suggestions.