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I'll echo Marks comments and also suggest the M2s.

what about going with m3 as side surrounds and m2 as rear surrounds?

Well...two reasons why I won't. First...my QS8s are already on order Second, my room is pretty big and I do want some (extensive) sound dispersion. I thought a pair of QS8s and a pair of M2s would be a good mix of surrounding and directional. Thanks everyone for your help. It'll be a few months before everything is together. But expect two things. Feedback and pictures!

Jason - great set-up. How do the Qs sound so close to the ceiling? Where's you get the hanging brackets? Did you order those in the eggshell or color/paint them yourself? Sorry to go off-topic - just curious.

I am also thinking about the M2s for the rear surround because of some concerns that 6.1/7.1 sound just aint that much better (mayeb) and because of the limited availability of titles out there carrying discrete 6.1. I was planning on hooking up the 7.1 with the M2s - and if it really didn't wow me, then move the M2s into my second room. The M2s will sound better as a back-up in a second room than the Qs will.

cool brackets jason, where did you get them and how much are they?

i'm interested in brackets (cieling mounted also) for my qs8's

Aren't they nice looking? I believe Jason got them here

You'll notice they come in two colors. Also, note that on the left side of the page they offer a wall mount as well. The QS8's are 11 lbs., but Jason checked with the manufacturer who said the 10 lb. rating for the mount is purposely a conservative one. Jason reported he's had no problems whatsoever with the mounts holding the QS8s.

Capn_Pickard, Johnny_Be_Good,

Jack got it right, that's where I got them (racksandstands.com). I read a message in this forum from Ian Colquhoun stating that the QS8's weigh 10.6 pounds each, so the 10 pound rating of the bracket isn't a problem (plus as Jack stated, the manufacturer told me they'll hold a few pounds more in reality). The 20 pound rated brackets they make don't have the right size thread to go into the back of the QS8 so that's why I went with the 10 pound rated brackets.

I got the QS8's in eggshell white for $95 extra (WAF). As you can tell I've got them angled down slightly so the tweeters are more on-axis with the listening area. This angling also points the top woofer at an angle to the ceiling, but there is still a significant dispersion effect off the ceiling. There's about 3 - 4 inches of clearance between the top of the speaker and the ceiling. As others have stated, the QS4/8's are very forgiving about their placement.

Although I've just got a single rear speaker, since the QS8 has 4 drivers pointed off-angle from each other, it fills the back space very well acoustically. It doesn't sound like there's just one speaker behind you, it blends with the 2 side speakers to create a soundstage with no holes. Of course it's essential to balance all the speakers with an SPL meter. I've got the center QS8 adjusted 1dB less than the sides because it's a few feet closer to the main listening spot than the side speakers.

Jason