help putting together a small home theater setup.

[Geoffcin]

thanks for your input guys,
I am leaning towards the cambridge soundworks 208. It'll be nice to save the money and you can't beat the savings with the full warranty. Not too bulky, look pretty cool. It would be nice to hear them first, but compared to the crap I'm listening on right now I'm sure they'll be great. Also the 8" sub is probably perfect for my set up, about a cubic foot and won't kill the neighbors (although it is downfiring so I'm a little concerned about bass traveling through the floor).
Let me know what you think
thanks

Your going to be in shock when you hear these speakers compared to the TV speakers. Down firing subs don't shake the floor any more than forward firing ones, volume is much more important. Place the sub in a corner and you should have good luck with it. Also; Don't worry if your receiver is rated to 110 watts, and the speakers only to 100. Wattage ratings are pretty much usless for speakers, in your size room most of the time your going to be listening using LESS than one watt or so.

[scotym]

OK...
So I went and got a 208 set from Cambridge soundworks on ebay...great deal, but when I got the speakers home, I actually realized a white set would be better in my apartment with light colored walls. They let me return the ebay set, and I ordered a set of brand new white speakers. With the sale they're having right now, it was cheaper to order all the pieces individually rather than order the set as one, and with coupon codes online to save another 15%, the price was almost around that of the refurb set off ebay. Of course, I couldn't resist the opportunity to upgrade the surround speakers to the s300's which are better than the ones that come with the 208 set, but are in the same sized enclosure. I'm very happy with the results.
cheers

[Geoffcin]

OK...
So I went and got a 208 set from Cambridge soundworks on ebay...great deal, but when I got the speakers home, I actually realized a white set would be better in my apartment with light colored walls. They let me return the ebay set, and I ordered a set of brand new white speakers. With the sale they're having right now, it was cheaper to order all the pieces individually rather than order the set as one, and with coupon codes online to save another 15%, the price was almost around that of the refurb set off ebay. Of course, I couldn't resist the opportunity to upgrade the surround speakers to the s300's which are better than the ones that come with the 208 set, but are in the same sized enclosure. I'm very happy with the results.
cheers

I'm pretty loyal when I get good service, and CSW has always done the right thing for me, it's great they let you upgrade.

Yes, the sale that they are running is the best I've ever seen. It's cheaper to but new than off Ebay!

I've got the S300 and they are great. I use them mostly in BIPOLE configuration and they strech the soundfield so that you are able to get good surround effect even if not seated in my primary seating location.