Bill,

I went through all this last year and know exactly how you feel. Middle class money is just a bitch -- if you have none, you don't think of HT stuff; if you have gazillions, you just get someone to build a state of the art system for you; but with limited money, there is always something that seems to be just that much better for just a little more money! For just a little more money it seems you can get to that "next level"!

Get 2 full range LR, good C, and 2 lesser bookshelf for surrounds. I would spend the extra on a 2nd LFM-1.

By the way, I have 770 and I don't need the power even for the 2 floor standing (Polk SDAII) LR speakers.