what speakers would you choose for a hometheater?

To the clueless who think that soundtracks aren't worthy of good speakers, you've obviously never listened (or heard) some of the great soundtracks and concert DVD's out there.

"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing".

Yuk. I'd go smaller, use subwoofers, and do a 7.1 system. I'd never go back to 5.1. Assuming this is a mainly HT setup, you have the room (room for speaker placement, you don't need room to go 7.1) and are going 7.1, put all the all matching speakers at the same ear level. LCR close to the display and subs at different ends of the room.

At the 800 Diamond cost level I'd look elsewhere, but hey, you're the Boss.

It doesn't matter, it's tv.

I went with 804S all around... all i can say is WOW.

thank you for the input

Bill

For best HT I can't believe you are stuck on B&W. You don't care about dynamic range, reference levels, and full range? Is this a bedroom system then? Be prepared to spend a fortune compared to what other manufacturers could give you for much, much less.

And IMO if you want the "best" HT from B&W speakers, you better buy 5 or 7 all matching speakers.

I could buy 6 qty Klipsch KLF 30's, upgrade the tweeter diaphrams with ti's, convert one of them to a center by cutting a new front baffle, and smoke nearly B&W setup. For HT you can't beat dynamics, full range, etc. I could get 6 qty KLF 30's for under $2500. Just giving a example of why B&W is a bad HT move. Your gonna have to spend Mega money for B&W's best full range models, and have to match all speakers!