If you've not heard the Qs8's yet, I would reserve judgement until you do.
You will get lots of differing opinions about direct as opposed to difuse surround speakers, and I fall into the difuse camp.
The Qs8's are fantastic surround speakers. There are some on this board that have even offered the opinion that they are, pound for pound, the best speaker that Axiom makes.
Mine made more of a difference in my enjoyment of my system for movies than even my 60's.

Axioms; For when you've just Gotta have More Cowbell! 60s 150 350 8s 2is RX-V2500 DVD-C750 2900