Welcome Jon,

I'm not sure about the HT part but I will say as a M80 owner you probably made the right choice.If you can only be about 8 to 9 feet away from your speakers the 80's would have been to much.I'm sure the boys that know ALOT more about the HT part will give ya some really good advice.

Rick


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