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What do I buy?

I have a decent Emotiva surround receiver capable of 250 watts per channel (I think, I'm not near the unit) and I'm looking for decent speakers to go with it. By decent, I mean high end but not ridiculous, I could go to $5000 for two front, two rear and a center speaker.

I don't want a sub woofer but the two fronts at least should have decent bass, so not Magnaplanars unless they also have a decent woofer. I've seen combos like that by Martin Logan.

I'm out of touch with what's out there so any opinions are very welcome.

Thanks - rev
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I'm using an Oppo UDP-205 4K player connected directly to an Emotiva XPA-7 Gen 3 amp for one of my surround systems in my downstairs showroom. I'm using a pair of KEF R500s for the front channels, a KEF R600C for the center, and a pair of R300s on a pair of stands for the side channels. If you are capable of installing in wall speakers, you could add KEF-CI200QL speakers for the rear. The price for all of the KEFs including the speaker stands, and excluding the in walls, would be $6200. If you substituted the KEF CI200QL in walls for the R300s, your price would be $4900. If you replaced the R300s with the smaller R100s, your price would be $5300. I hope that helps. Here is a review that I found that might be of interest.
http://hdgear.highdefdigest.com/34168/kefrseriesloudspeakers.html
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