On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:56:39 GMT, dizzy wrote:

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:13:31 GMT, MINe 109
wrote:

In article ,
"Jack Dotson" wrote:

I am currently running a pair of Maggie 1.6 mains and a B&W HTM-2 center.
The Maggies are pure magic for music, but these days I use my system for HT
about 90% of the time and think it's time to shift to a speaker better
suited to that purpose. I've been away from this hobby for awhile and
wanted to get some opinions from you guys at what I should be looking at.
I'll be in the market for a pair of floor standing main speakers and a
center. My budget is $2000 or less for mains and $750 or less for center.
I wouldn't mind having a pair of B&W Nautilus main speakers, but even the
504's are out of my price range.

What's that latest best bang for the buck speakers that are exceptional for
HT and good for music as well?

PSB, Paradigm for two.

I second the Paradigm recommendation, in that price range. I've a
bunch of them scattered-around my house. (Only not for my main music
system, as I prefer a soft-dome tweeter for ultimate performance, and
they won't let go of their metal domes.)

Is "scattering" one of your recommendations for proper speaker
placement?