Hello everybody! For almost a year I have waited patiently, lurked, planned, saved, and cajoled. Now the moment has finally arrived to pull the trigger. This is an open call for opinion, and my last opportunity to improve my living room HT through the benefit of other people's knowledge and experience. I have 6K. Current plan is to split my funds - 3K for a tv, 3K for speakers, sub, and receiver.

As far as the tv goes, I've decided to wait until my 3K buys (more or less) a Samsung 50" DLP with the hd2+ chip, the 7-segment high speed color wheel, dimple fix, and a 2500:1 contrast ratio. I don't think the wait will be that long.

But I can get the sound today. This is my current best shot: living_room.gif(14K)

2 FRONTM220400
1 CENTERVP1500350
3 SURROUNDSQS80705
AXIOM TOTAL1455
1 SUBSVS PB1-ISD0650
1 RECEIVERDENON 28050900
GRAND TOTAL3005

I expect to use this mostly for movies. But even with music, I will always listen with all speakers going. I'll never listen with just the fronts or without the sub. I'll make the stands and buy the cables out of petty cash.

So my questions:
1. Room layout OK? Or would I do better to get the tv out of the corner and stick with 5.1?
2. Allocation of resources (50% speakers, 20% subwoofer, 30% receiver) reasonable?
3. Correct speaker choice? Alternative might be M60/VP100/QS4s for 1425.
4. Anything I flat-out missed?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Larry 5.1 M22/VP100/QS8/PB1-ISD