I ran the speaker wire for my surrounds under the carpet along the baseboard- I used a small round cable raceway from lowes to run the cable from the ground up to the QS8's which are 6 ft high... It sticks to the wall and looks pretty good when painted the color of the wall (it is not painted in the pics). Not as nice as running the cables through the wall/attic but I am in a rent house.

FYI- my surrounds are on the back wall and my couch is against the back wall as well- sounds great.

Pics of my surrounds/couch can be seen in the thread below
http://www.axiomaudio.com/boards/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=189721&fpart=1

Don't panic when you see the ugly green wallpaper- it has been removed and the updated kitchen can be seen in this thread:
http://www.axiomaudio.com/boards/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=194004&fpart=4

-David