I did some checking, price wise, with the combinations of M80 theater system and substituting QS8's out with M2, 3 and 22's in a 7 speaker system. You save with M2 and 3's but M22's are little higher. IE: 2-M80's, 1-VP180, 2-QS8's and 2-M2's comes in around $1,000 cheaper when compared with all QS8's. It's around $20 more with M22's compared with all QS8's. I was also playing with finishes so the numbers may be different with other finishes.
My real concern is timber matching all speakers for best sound. I know the VP180 plays well with the M80's but which of the bookshelfs are best suited in this combination?
Another reason I was looking at towers and bookshelf's is that when we watch movies I use the surround mode (DD or DTS), for TV we both prefer 7 channel stereo. We find TV not as good audible as movies and the 7 channel stereo seems better for TV. I'm not sure that all QS8's would be as capable as a bookself for clear dialogue in 7 channel stereo. Correct me if I'm wrong here.
