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I am in Michigan, just north of Detroit. I also ran across some Polk in wall speakers for my surrounds (saving space). I know I am mixing brands, but the most important part is to keep the front 3 matched, right? A question on the surrounds: How far from the surround speakers on the sides should the back surrounds be? Again room is 18x12. Thanks

Thanks for all the replies so far. Budget is between 600.00 & 700.00 to replace 7 speakers. Used is fine with me. I saw a lot of great prices in Vanns clearance section. I know I had mentioned I did not want big speakers sticking out of the wall for surrounds but Vanns had some S-1's on sale. Are these speakers as big as they look?

Hi, a first timer here. Since we are re-painting and doing some light remodeling it seems like a perfect time to re do my HT. I will get to my question by let me give the current set up and what I would like to do. Currently using a 5.1 set-up in a 18x12 room Receiver: Pioneer Elite VSX-92TXH - Keeping Sub: Velodyne impact 10 Keeping remaining 5 speakers are Bose but not matching. Not keeping Since my space is relatively small and so is my budget but, I would like to move to Klipsch speakers . From what I have been reading and have heard from others is to match all speakers (the brand and same series/model) is this right? What I have been thinking about doing is going with a Synergy set up for the front B-3 's and a C-2. I would like to take advantage of my receivers ability to produce 7.1 and use something like the quintet III's for the surround and surround backs wall mounted . Will I be all right with this set-up? I know they all do not match again, but isn't the front and a good center the most important part to have matching? The quintet thought was just so I don't have big speakers sticking out of the walls because of the room size. Please tell me this will be a big improvement over my current miss matched Bose setup. You would think WOW Bose, but from other speakers I have heard and reviews I have read I believe I can do better with Klipsch. Thanks for reading from a newbie.