Morgan, you're welcome. Having spent over 20 years in the A/V industry, I have definitely listened to many systems. HT systems with all identical speakers range from quality bookshelf speakers to a system with all Wilson Watt/Puppys. While timbre matching is much better than a mix of speakers, IMHO, all identical speakers increases the overall performance even higher. There is much less localization to the speakers, and the sound seems to just wrap around the room. I have often thought that between every 2 adjacent speakers in a HT system, an image is created just like the 2 speakers of a stereo only system. So, in the stereo only system, how good will the image be with different speakers? Timbre matched will likely be better than totally different speakers, but neither will be perfect like a pair of identical speakers. Now think about those images from every 2 adjacent speakers in a HT system blending together around the room. Just seems to make common sense to me that all speakers should be identical.
Good Luck!
Tony
