I have S1 left and right speakers and an S1 center coming.
Questions -
1) How important are surround speakers to music? I have a few 5.1 music sacds and music blurays. Most use of the speakers is music - maybe 70% - 30%. 99% of music i listen to is stereo cds and mp3s ripped from them. But sometimes the receiver sound settings that take advantage of more speakers sound better to me.
2) How important are surrounds to movies? Do I really want to hear the bullets whizzing past my ear, etc.? Isn't stereo or three speakers up front enough?
3) I have some 170s but was planning to keep them with the living room setup. And maybe smaller surrounds would work better logistically, visually and just as well sonically? (I can see myself bumping into them ir trying to get past them in my close range setup).
Room approximately 12' deep by 16' wide by 8 ft high. 2 Hsu subs.
I'm guessing no one needs surround speakers that are better than the the main speakers.
One day maybe I'll start on the Sierra-2EX speakers. But not from this year's bonus. I am pretty happy with S1s.
I'm sure all these questions have been answered before. I will search. I thought it would help to ask as well.