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I thought I would go with more radiating speakers on the sides like the QS8's (for movies) with direct speakers at the rear (for SACD/DVD-A use and 7.1)



I second this. I cannot stress how much better it is to have direct radiating speakers to the sides and slightly behind the listening position for multichannel audio.

Mark

"Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff"