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surrounds for thiel front speakers

I am thinking of upgrading my rear surround speakers in a 5.1 system. It has been recommended on numerous threads to try to match the timbre of the front speakers when choosing rear surrounds. I use thiel 2.2's as my main stereo speakers and have a thiel scs 2 for front channel. The room is 26' by 20' by 8'. Rear surrounds will be predominently for HT but I do have a 5 channel stereo option but not into DVD-A or SACD as yet. I don't want to spend as much as thiel powerpoints. I've looked into Energy, M&K, and PSB. Please comment on the timbre matching issue w/ thiels and these or other surround speakers. Thanks
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tombowlus
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I tried to find a less expensive center channel speaker to match my CS3.6's, but ultimately the SCS3 sounded so much better than the competition, it was a clear choice (the MCS1 wouldn't fit, size-wise, for my application). I am currently using AR TSW-110's for surrounds, and while they aren't bad, I am hoping to eventually add two more SCS3's. I would at least make sure that your center channel is a Thiel.

Tom.
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