Advice on rear surround speakers for 7.1

capitan100
capitan100 Posts: 172
edited February 2008 in Speakers
Here is my current set-up in my family room.

A/V receiver- Sony V555ES 5.1 receiver
Sony DVP-S7700 DVD player
Sony SACD DVP-NC80V DVD player
Fronts - Polk RT2000i
Center - Polk CS400
Rears - Polk RT1000i
Subwoofer - a/d/s MS3/U

I just recently bought a Sony STR-DA7ES 7.1 receiver and I will be moving the V555ES up to my game room and hook up to my SDA 2B's. I am looking to get a set of rear surrounds to complete my 7.1 set-up. What pair of Polk speakers would best match my system?

f/x series Dipole/Bipole speakers? f/x 300 or f/x5 00
RT series floorstanders such as RT600, RT800 or another pair of RT1000i's? I do have one extra RT1000i, but not 2.
RT bookshelf speakers such as RT55 or RT35?

I also have up in my gameroom several pairs of bookshelf speakers. See my sig for types. Would using one of those bookshelf speakers as a temporary rear surround set-up sound bad or will the difference in timbre be negligible?

Thanks in advance.

BTW: I have not taken delivery on the DA7ES yet. I should get it by early next week. I bought it on the bay earlier this week. I can't wait to get it though.
Home Theater
Sony DA7ES 7.1 A/V Receiver
Sony DVP-NC80V - SACD/DVD player
CS400 - Center channel
RT2000i - Fronts
RT1000i - Surrounds
a/d/s MS3/u - subwoofer
Hitachi 62 inch HD TV

2 Channel Room
Niles HDL-4 Speaker Selector
Niles HDL-6 Speaker Selector
Sony V555ES receiver
Sony DVP-S7700
Polk SDA-2B
Polk Monitor 5
Thiel 03a
B&W 2001 ZMF
Signet SL-250 B/U
a/d/s L400e
Wharfedale Valdus 100SE
Polk PSW 350 - subwoofer
Pioneer Elite Big Screen
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  • capitan100
    capitan100 Posts: 172
    edited February 2008
    Would I be better served if I brought my SDA 2B's down into my home theater set-up?
    Home Theater
    Sony DA7ES 7.1 A/V Receiver
    Sony DVP-NC80V - SACD/DVD player
    CS400 - Center channel
    RT2000i - Fronts
    RT1000i - Surrounds
    a/d/s MS3/u - subwoofer
    Hitachi 62 inch HD TV

    2 Channel Room
    Niles HDL-4 Speaker Selector
    Niles HDL-6 Speaker Selector
    Sony V555ES receiver
    Sony DVP-S7700
    Polk SDA-2B
    Polk Monitor 5
    Thiel 03a
    B&W 2001 ZMF
    Signet SL-250 B/U
    a/d/s L400e
    Wharfedale Valdus 100SE
    Polk PSW 350 - subwoofer
    Pioneer Elite Big Screen