Any experience with one box "multi channel" spkrs?

Howdy. I heard the Yamaha 800 at CES and they also have the 1000, which wasnt being demoed as far as I could see. I also auditioned the Polk. Moreover, totem has a three speaker flat system for plasma/lcd HT that I demoed as well. Just on the Yamaha/Polk issue, since you are asking about all in one, the Yamaha is better. But neither was set up in an oportune environment either. One thing, the dialog is much clearer standing directly in front of the Yamaha and lost clarity for me noticably as I moved to the side.

Henryhk,

My friend almost refused to try the Yamaha after listening to the Mirage..... on my rec he tried it and is happy. YMMV, but for him the Mirage was unacceptable sonically.

One thing though....apparently the Yamaha is designed to bounce off the walls so u need to keep the walls fairly bare and symmetrical lay out is quite important where as POLK isn't....at least that's what I gather from reading their websites...

Home Theatre recently rates Polk ahead of Yamaha...guess I need to try to audition myself. Mirage is only 3 way.