Surrounds for Polk Monitor 60's

gueromeister
gueromeister Posts: 4
edited July 2010 in Speakers
what would be good/great or o.k choices for rear surround speakers? I have the Onkyo tx-sr608 receiver & the CS2 Polk center speaker with the PSW505 subwoofer...& the Monitor 60's in the front...I need inexpensive surrounds...I listen to music & watch movies about 50/50....

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  • mole'
    mole' Posts: 3,160
    edited July 2010
    OWM 3s
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  • lessthanzero
    lessthanzero Posts: 31
    edited July 2010
    I got some Monitor 10's from the Polk ebay store at a great price. They compliment my Polk Monitor 60-II's very well as my surround speakers. I was really surprised how well they perform as surrounds.........Just my .02
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  • gueromeister
    gueromeister Posts: 4
    edited July 2010
    I wanted something small in size if possible....How important is size in picking surrounds?Would the OWM5s or RM8's be a waste of money or just o.k.? would other brands be ok. to mix with the Polks speakers I have?
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  • mole'
    mole' Posts: 3,160
    edited July 2010
    i have a set of OWM 3s and a RM8cc for my center channel. the OWM3s had more to them than the RM8 IMO
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited July 2010
    Rear surrounds dont need to match the brand or size of your front three. As such I would recommend these speakers from partsexpress. They should fit into just about anyones budget quite nicely :). They got some really good reviews on CNET (here)
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • frodaddy
    frodaddy Posts: 124
    edited July 2010
    I liked the Monitor 40's as surrounds more so than the 30's.
    Fronts: DIY Statements from htguide.com
    Center: DIY custom Statement center from htguide.com
    Surrounds: Four DIY custom Mini Statements
    Wire: HD-14
    Receiver: Denon AVR-4806 + CI upgrade
    Amps: Dual Emotiva LPA-1's
    Sub: Infinite Baffle: 8 fiCarAudio IB315 woofers, Behringer DSP1124P EQ, Elemental Designs eQ.2, Dual EP4000 amps
    Transducers: 2 buttkicker LFE's, BK amp, EQ'd w/DSP1124p
    DVD: Toshiba HD-XA2 / PS3
    TV: Samsung 1080p 61" DLP
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