Speakers for newbie

4zoranss,

If I was you, I'd be looking at used speakers. That way, you can try them and if you don't like them you can sell them at a minimal loss.

You said that you have a medium sized room. Is this going to be a dedicated listening room or a family room. If you're only going to be sitting 7 or 8 feet from the position of the speakers, you may be better off going with a pair of nice monitors, since you already have a sub.

There is such a thing as having too much speaker.

Newbie
I would strongly suggest the Magical S5,
Can"t go wrong with those

I've always been a fan of Totem speakers and would recommend checking out their options. In particular, a pair of Arros would make excellent fronts which you could later combine with a set of Dreamcatchers or Mites and a Storm sub to make a full 5.1 system. Arros routinely come up used on Audiogon for around $700-800. If you can stretch your budget a bit more, a pair of used Hawks for you fronts would be even better.

Purchasing used speakers is much safer if you someday want to skip and get different ones.