Getting ready to upgrade...

[surroundnewbie]

I'm looking seriously at Ascend to upgrade from a Vizio 5.1 HTIB (great gateway product). Two questions:

1) Because of budget, I'm looking at 170s front, 340 center, and 200s rear. I really prefer smaller rears and want to put a little more $ to center. Are these all well matched in that config?

2) For sub, I cannot afford any of the Ascends, so I'm looking at something under $300 to get me started, like Polk, BIC, or possibly NHT. Is there a particular brand/model of inexpensive sub folks would recommend that would cross nicely with the kit in 1)?

Nice to be here, thanks in advance.