Hello. Just joined this site, I used it for reference when I constructed my home cinema room 5 years ago (which was knocked down last week)

to build an extension to move my father in law to move in

This week the builders are in to start work on my new room. I was running a marrantz amp with the Kef KHT 1005 speakers in a room that was 16 foot by 8 foot. The new room is 17 foot by 11 foot so I am looking to move up to 7.1.

I need to be able to walk past the side surrounds so was looking at adding a pair of Kef (because I have been pleased with what I have had) T101 would this be a good idea?
I am thinking of upgrading to one of the Onkyo units as I am probably going to instal the Optima HD33 and have a bit of 3D action.
This is the third time I have tried to get some help on this one. 1st time redirected to Keff owners thread, there I was lost in a sea of high teck speaker wire debate.