Thinking of departing with my excellent PSB speakers (http://www.psbspeakers.com/products/Image-Series) and going more satellite-based...

Obviously, Bose comes to mind due to their excellent marketing. I grew up with Bose and they're OK, nothing earth-shattering.

Looking for the best Bose-like setup. Certainly need to be wall-mounted. Combination of TV, Blu-Ray and music... 85% TV, however.

No budget limitations. Could spring for the $999 Acoustimass® 10 setup if that was really the way to go. But I'm thinking there are better options out there.

 

i recently started searching for audio setups and can't get over the way B&W sounds and looks.. i'm sure for the money you pay, you can get comparable sound at tad bit cheaper, but the way it looks, i don't mind paying extra 10~20% premium for the name

their mini theatre line up is quite good, but need to splurge extra for the sub as the line up is not in a package (ie you need to buy 5 satellites and 1 sub)
rough estimate for 5.1 setup would be about 2000 depends on which sub you go with
http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/Speake.../Products.html
if you handhold the satellites, they are very sturdy and weigh more than you would expect and pretty nice built quality

personally, i went with 2.1 setup as i really don't think i would benefit much on 5.1 setup and can live with 2.1 for the time being and went with CM5 + ASW10CM from B&W

 

Energy RC-Micro 5.1 I love them.
https://acurazine.com/forums/home-theater-electronics-45/new-new-home-theater-furniture-791330/

http://reviews.cnet.com/surround-sou...edRating7+desc

Energy gets great reviews for both the Take Classics and Micros.

 

I have a ten year olds B+W ASW 12" Dual sub and it will make noises that me feel uncomfortable if I let it off the leash! Best investment I made. Paired with Phase Technology bookshelfs and center.

Scrib, you may want to check out Phase Technology speakers at http://www.phasetech.com/

Their flush mount in-wall stuff is here: http://www.phasetech.com/flushmount.html

Bill Hecht, the founder, patented the soft dome tweeter, among other seemingly basic speaker concepts nowadays. Really great products, made in the US and a great bang for the buck IMO. Definitely worth listening to if you can.

 

My bad. Looks like you are hunting for ultra-small, not in-wall.

Anyway, PT are great speakers anyway!

 

Thanks all.

Those B&Ws are sweeeeeet.