I ran with M60 mains, VP100 center and old cheap towers as surrounds for quite a while. I thought it was mighty fine for DVDs (the same mix of movie genres) but music sounded better in 2 channel.

Once I had matched speakers all round music sounded much better in surround modes... but I still prefer listening to stereo music using only the M60s.

I think this is a good plan. Your receiver will be fine for a while as long as you don't drive it into clipping and start frying tweeters

Last edited by bridgman; 08/16/05 11:03 PM.
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