Help with speakers for new HT setup

If your looking for decent sounding speakers for the budget minded, I would look at Energy speakers. Best buy sells them, and they don't sound half bad. Not a big fan of Primus myself, just don't particularly care for the sound, but again that's just me. I would suggest that you take a day, go to a couple/few stores, and demo speakers. You have a good AVR, just get some really big bookies for the fronts, or a floor stander. You have a fairly large room, and even though small satelite type speakers may fit the decor better, you probably won't be impressed with the sound.