Help with home entertainment system (especially speakers)

Behad is joking (I hope) because Kirsch are a notorious "white van" and ebay scam...trying to fool people by being similarly named to Klipsch.

Energy are pretty good, but Veritas (same company) are better.

Having the same front three is important for movies because of timbre matching with dialog and the like. When arranged properly sound and dialog move back and forth through all three so they need to work together. Klipsch uses a horn tweeter, for example, and will sound very different than an aluminum or soft dome tweeter in your mains (L&R). That will sound odd. Again, the best centers are more expensive and generally big because if they don't have cabinet size they generally don't sound as good. Two good mains simulating a center are better than three lower-quality speakers.

 

Plus lpbman suggested a pair of $80 front speakers and a $400 center speaker, you're basically suggesting a middle to lower end model front speakers to pair with a top of the line center. That's too much of a disparity and you'll probably notice when playing a movie.

 

I have those Polks, (on SALE @ Crutchfield for $200-pair) and they sound pretty good. I agree it's possible you might notice a difference between the center and fronts especially given the crisp horn on the Klipsch... but after balancing the output on the receiver, and given the budget, I still say it's the way to go.

 

i have an onkyo ht-r510 6.1 system. i bought it couple of years ago and the speakers are kind of big. i want to keep my reciever and get some small speakers.

on the speakers it says max power 100w, 8ohms.

in the amplifier specifications it says:

Continuous Average Power output (FTC)

All channels:
100 watts per channel min. RMS at 8 Ω, 2 channels driven from 20Hz to 20 kHz with no more than 0.08% total harmonic distortion.

Dynamic power output:
230 watts × 2 at 3 Ω
170 watts × 2 at 4 Ω
115 watts × 2 at 8 Ω

what kind of specifications should i look for in a speaker in terms of RMS, max power etc? i kind of want to keep my 150w powered sub also.

thanks