Mounting Polk R150's ??

Onkyo is a good choice.

I have heard really good things about the Dayton 1200 series sat speakers and the black are back in stock at www.partsexpress.com now. In fact for around $250 shipped you can get those bundled with the Dayton 12" sub and have a really killer system. You would just need to add 2 extra sats for $40 or so.

You could also try to find the Polk RM10's for around $250 on Ebay and then add 2 extra sats (these might be hard to find cause if I am not mistaken they are discontinued) and a 10" or 12" Dayton sub for either $131 or $155 respectively plus shipping.

I am no expert by any means but have done lots of research of the last few month in the the process of building my new surround system and those frequently were mentioned as the best speakers for this price point. Hope this helps you out a little.

BTW I bought the Onkyo 605 and it is truely awesome but remember it will not matrix 5.1 source to those 2 extra channels.

Personally I'd avoid HTIB options at all cost but that's just me.

Perhaps I'm missing something, but why wouldn't the Polks be suitable for wall mounting? If the rear port is the problem, you may consider going with the Polk R15's which are very similar, except with a front-firing port and the woofer and tweeter aren't inverted.

The type of bracket needed for the R150 would cost about $50 (the type that holds the speaker from the bottom, rather than from behind), which according to other posts of his is out of his budget.

R15s are a good choice, though, if they can be found, although from what I've seen on eBay they'd be about R150+bracket prices.

Wow, really?

I bought two pairs of R15's on ebay last year for like 70 bucks. I can't imagine getting much cheaper than that......I guess there aren't as many around anymore.

There might be some cheaper, but I didn't see any when I searched. Granted, I only looked for a minute or two, but I only found one that had ended recently, and it was over $100. R15s have been out of production for some time now.

How did you end up mounting them? I am in the same boat and don't want to spend a lot on mounts.

Thanks for the reply, don't think my room will acomidate bipole speakers though. I have one open side.