Surrounds for Thiel 3.6 system?


Does anyone have a recommendation for center/surround speakers for my Thiel 3.6's? Of course, I'm looking for something closely voice matched, but Thiel's own MCS1 and/or SCS3 are more than I wanted to spend. Are there any less expensive options?
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I'm wrassling with comming up with some surrounds to go with my 2.3's. I'd love to have a pair of Thiel's Powerpoints, but $2.4k for those plastic little jobbies has to be a joke. So much so that it almost pisses me off for having bought Thiels in the first place. Really. I'm leaning towards something along the lines of the NHT Super One XU (so I can wall mount it, as I'm real short on space). I'd love to take the time to find something that I thought was voiced similarly to the Thiels, but I am beginning to convince myself that it is just not that important for the rear surrounds. As for a center channel, I think I am going to buy a silly expensive TV and configure it as the center channel until I come by enough room to convince myself that a legit center channel is worth the duckets. Come that day, there are spots around here where I could pick up a single SCS2 for around $600. I might consider that.... Just my thoughts.
As an update, in a fit of pique I picked up a pair of the Definitive Technologies BPX dipolar surrounds to go with the Thiels. (Used, great price, couldn't resist). Love the speakers, but they are definitely not a particularly good voice match for the Thiels. So far that has bothereed me not a bit and only time will tell whether it will begin to in the long run.