surrounds for thiel front speakers


I am thinking of upgrading my rear surround speakers in a 5.1 system. It has been recommended on numerous threads to try to match the timbre of the front speakers when choosing rear surrounds. I use thiel 2.2's as my main stereo speakers and have a thiel scs 2 for front channel. The room is 26' by 20' by 8'. Rear surrounds will be predominently for HT but I do have a 5 channel stereo option but not into DVD-A or SACD as yet. I don't want to spend as much as thiel powerpoints. I've looked into Energy, M&K, and PSB. Please comment on the timbre matching issue w/ thiels and these or other surround speakers. Thanks
gjkphd

Showing 1 response by islandflyfisher

I've got CS22's for my mains, an SCS2 for the center and a pair of SCS's for the satellites. I recessed both center and satellites into the walls and have very nice results both cosmetically and for sound. The SCS's were designed to be placed in or on a bookshelf. I've got the port on the SCS2 plugged. I picked up a mint pair of SCS's here on Audiogon for a couple of years ago for $550. Good Luck with your search.