Thoughts?


I already have a pair of Focal Aria 906 bookshelf speakers and a Denon X3700.  I’m looking to start building a surround setup in my gameroom.  I don’t really have a place for the 906s other than this room, so if they’re not utilized here, then they’d either end up in storage or on the market. These are the options I’ve been tossing around:

1) buy stands for the 906s and use them as L/R, buy the matching Aria Center channel and add a sub.  Add surrounds and height speakers later on when budget allows (most cost effective option)

2) Buying a new pair of towers (sub $3000), adding a center and sub.  Adding rears at a later date.   

3) Buying open box Aria 926 towers at  below $3000, buying the matching center, and trying to incorporate the 906s as rears.  Also would have to buy a sub (least cost effective option)


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So what you're saying is that it probably makes more sense to look elsewhere eventually than try to make a pair of $2800 Aria towers fit

For a while I was leaning towards SVS Prime Pinnacle towers and a demo Ultra center and SB4000 available locally
@soix  do you have an SVS setup or just like their products?  A local store is selling an SB4000 for $1000 andan Ultra center for around $400. 
I ended up finding a pair of nice  trade-in Aria 926s from a local authorized dealer for less than the price of a pair of new SVS pinnacles but it was a tough choice 

Going to pair with an SVS SB3000 and Aria center and try and use the existing 906s as rears

 thanks for all the input