Need help choosing surrounds

Kupo
Kupo Posts: 1
edited June 2010 in Speakers
Hey all,

I recently picked up a pair of M70's for fronts and a CS2 center channel, should i get Monitor30's or 40's for the surround in a 5.1 setup? My room is fairly small (apartment living room 14 x 12).

Thanks!
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  • sam1233
    sam1233 Posts: 31
    edited June 2010
    Monitor 40's should do good and match with 70s.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited June 2010
    Welcome both of you to Club Polk!
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,878
    edited June 2010
    I'm kind of partial to the Monitor 30's myself.
    Don't know your physical room setup, but the 30's will wall mount very nicely and are a heck of a speaker for their price/size.
    If you have the room/moolah, the 40's will certainly fit right into your 70's/CS2 setup seamlessly.


    Also, as Cfrizz mentioned, "Welcome !". :)
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  • buccidiego
    buccidiego Posts: 75
    edited June 2010
    welcome!
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  • nedh84
    nedh84 Posts: 143
    edited June 2010
    My personal problem with the 40's is that they seem rather large. If you can fit them in your room without problems (mounted, on a bookshelf, on a stand) then go for the 40's. If you want to sacrifice a little on the sound to have a more reasonably sized surround speaker then go with the 30's. From what I have read both sound great. The 40's may just have a wider range of sound?


    If you want a floor standing speaker you could always buy a M50 or M60 as well. They will sound somewhere between the 40's and 70's and match up with your 70's well. Also don't need to worry about stands or mounts.
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  • over50
    over50 Posts: 201
    edited June 2010
    I have a similar set up with m40 rears. I vote for m40`s.. Both would work well.
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  • reapergato
    reapergato Posts: 8
    edited June 2010
    not to hijack the thread... but im interested too... im in the market for rear surrounds and i have a similar setup, cs2, monitor 70's..... only im running a 7.1 so i have the monitor 40's for my side surrounds im wondering if i should do monitor 30's for the rears or another set of 40's? the good people at monoprice make an awesome mount for the 40's so thats not a problem......
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  • reapergato
    reapergato Posts: 8
    edited June 2010
    =) mid day bump.....
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