Surrounds to complete my order?

[Hammer13]

Good day

Ok, I'm looking for surrounds to complete my 7.1 system.
Just bought & not put up yet is: (2) KEF iQ90, (1) KEF iQ60C, & (1) Polk PSW505
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Any & all input will help, from speakers to wire brand & guage.
Can I use towers for my surrounds so I won't have to use stands?

Thanks for your time and support!

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Good day

Ok, I'm looking for surrounds to complete my 7.1 system.
Just bought & not put up yet is: (2) KEF iQ90, (1) KEF iQ60C, & (1) Polk PSW505
Powered by Onkyo 809

Any & all input will help, from speakers to wire brand & guage.
Can I use towers for my surrounds so I won't have to use stands?

Thanks for your time and support!

You can absolutely use towers for surrounds!

Do it.

If I could afford it, I would have used towers for surrounds.

 

[sholling]

Sure you can use towers for surrounds.

The brand of the speaker wire doesn't matter. Wire is wire as long as it's heavy enough for the length of the run. Unless you have a really long run 14ga should be fine but I usually run 12ga just because it's only pennies more. Monoprice is a great place to order cables from.

 

[Hammer13]

Surround speakers?

Okay, now as far as my surround speakers go, I was thinking about going with KEF iQ30 bookshelfs($380), along with polk OWM3's($80) as my backs.
My main question is: just how important are the surround speakers? My plan was to put my best stuff up front, and cheaper stuff in the back as filler sound. Is that right?
BIC, & Sony(never thought I would have considered) have really good reviews, so should I just save my $$ & go with the cheap stuff? Or will it make a big difference & justify spending up to $500 on surrounds?
& if your budget was $500 for your surrounds, what would you pick to go with what I already have?
Thanks for any & all input!

 

[zieglj01]

& if your budget was $500 for your surrounds, what would you pick to go with what I already have?

NHT
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[AcuDefTechGuy]

I don't think surround speakers are as important as the fronts.

If you can just get all KEF to match. Why get Polk at all?