Big vs. Small - A digression

After my musings about the Big vs. Small home theatre speaker question, I have stumbled across a solution that would be the best of both worlds...(well kinda anyway)

My favourite brand/series of speakers the Wharfedale Diamond 9 has now been release in Silver!

This would allow you to construct your own style system from a series of 9.2 and CM Centre Speakers

If you were looking for a little more kick from your front stage you could always upgrade your front set to a 9.3 with the 8" cone. I had a very quick listen to one of these giant book shelfs (which should really be called stand mounts because they are too big to even think about putting on a book shelf) and they had a truly impressive bass response.

With a pair of 9.3s sitting on your front stage it would hardly be compact cinema, but it would be a significant size reduction from floor standers. With the 9.1 speakers retailing for about $499 a pair it would be a fairly inexpensive surround system, that may have less style than a Tannoy Arena setup but may end up delivering you just that little bit more sound.