Please define what you consider ""best". In a combo surround/two channel system, there are many tradeoffs to make.
Is two channel sound reproduction your most important priority, or is it the surround sound potential?
Do you favor detail and ultra smooth highs over dynamics? (Surround systems usually are considered more exiting with the latter charactaristic, with high end two channel systems favoring the former charactaristic first)
Do you have a surround system where the left and right speakers will be away from the rear wall? (In two channel sound, this parameter will determine how bloated and tubby the bass is, and how open the midrange will sound. Some speakers are more critical than others to near wall placement, but virtually every speaker will improve sonically, if they moved away these boundry reinforcements)
How far apart are your left and right speakers? (In two channel sound, every speakers' imaging will dramatically benefit from optimum spacing based on trial and error, not a specific set distance, as is the case in so many surround system set-ups. In my opinion, when the left and right channel speakers are too close together, this can be "the death" of their ability to throw a decent image whatesoever)
The above inquiries are just some of the pertinent questions that I feel you need to address, if you also require this surround sytem to be capable of producing "sit down and be there" two channel sound, that the rest of us are trying to achieve.
Is two channel sound reproduction your most important priority, or is it the surround sound potential?
Do you favor detail and ultra smooth highs over dynamics? (Surround systems usually are considered more exiting with the latter charactaristic, with high end two channel systems favoring the former charactaristic first)
Do you have a surround system where the left and right speakers will be away from the rear wall? (In two channel sound, this parameter will determine how bloated and tubby the bass is, and how open the midrange will sound. Some speakers are more critical than others to near wall placement, but virtually every speaker will improve sonically, if they moved away these boundry reinforcements)
How far apart are your left and right speakers? (In two channel sound, every speakers' imaging will dramatically benefit from optimum spacing based on trial and error, not a specific set distance, as is the case in so many surround system set-ups. In my opinion, when the left and right channel speakers are too close together, this can be "the death" of their ability to throw a decent image whatesoever)
The above inquiries are just some of the pertinent questions that I feel you need to address, if you also require this surround sytem to be capable of producing "sit down and be there" two channel sound, that the rest of us are trying to achieve.