3.1 speaker set

[sechkie]

I've posted this over in the HTPC forum but I wanted the advice of those on this forum about a set up for a small apartment living room with these components. Especially since I heard about most of them on this forum.

Speakers: Set of Polk R150s. $80
Center: Polk CS2 $99
Sub: Dayton Sub-120 $140
Receiver: Either Pioneer VSX-918V $250 or Yamaha Rx-V463 $299

Total of $569 or $619

Any other suggestions?

The reason I wanted to do 3.1 is because I don't really care about the rear channels and I don't want to wire them all over the room. I figure a 3.1 system would be able to handle movies, tv and games on the ps3 much better than the tv speakers and I would still have the option of upgrading to true 5.1 in the future.

 

[Mr. Wolf]

I use 3.1 for my PC/HDTV system and love it. Like you, I'm not interested in wiring up rear channels nor do I believe I'm missing anything without them. What you've put together should do a very good job. I tried that Pioneer 918 and wasn't thrilled by it. I'd go with the Yamaha or a Panasonic SA-XR57. I used an XR57 in my system before upgrading to a Denon. I was very pleased with the XR57's performance until upgrade-itis and a killer black Friday Amazon sale got me to move to the Denon receiver.

 

[Alai]

I agree. This looks good. Two thumbs up!