Speaker setup for HT in $2000 range

I was thinking of not using rears with this setup. You are right on the subwoofer so I am already out of budget. Maybe I should increase my budget to $3000 to make it all work. Is it worth the extra money?

Only you can answer that, listen and you'll know. Lots of people are happy with a simple 2.1 setup for HT and you can always add rears down the road.

I like the idea of 3.1 and then getting the rear speakers later. I'm planning on doing something very similar next.

just my 2c

Ellery

I use B&W DM603 S3 which are floor standing 2.5 way full range speakers, a B&W ASW600 10" sub, and some old Bang and Olfsen bookshelf's for the rears. I am running a Marantz 7300OSE receiver for a reference point... probably fairly close to your 3803.

For $2000 you can have the same floor standers, the same sub, and their larger LCR600 S3 center (The missing piece in my own HT setup which I am looking at getting next) You will be missing the rears but like others have said you can add them later.

Although most on this forum think that B&W (at this price point) is mid-fi (which it is) I am happy with the sound and I am still in the build stage at the moment and would honestly rather spend $10k on the car than on the home theater setup so hence the B&W's.

For bang for the buck I like these speakers allot and they do really well for home theater. Dynamics are great and they play cleanly up to an beyond the point at which my wife tells me to turn down the volume.

My $.02

I agree that B & W is not the "best" out there. It is pretty good though and I am very impressed with the 805s. I want to spend a maximum of $4000 on the whole system so I like your thoughts. What do you think of the B & W sub?