Problem is I don't have the skills necessary to do a good job of running speaker wires to the back of the room, and can't afford to have a professional do it. Either way, it would pain me to go to either that much effort or cost only to find out that the speaker locations don't work.
Aw c'mon man,there is a way to get the job done with very little or no skills,maybe not a pro job but a job that will look like a pro did it to both your family & guests.
Do you have a basement,if so you simply drill a hole behind your system leading into the basement & other holes above where the speakers will be,run the wires & use cable staples to secure the wires to the bottom of the floor joists.
No basement,no problem as long as you have carpet,simply remove the trim around your carpet,run the wires along the baseboards & bring the wire out where the speakers will be,this approach requires that you rent or buy a carpet kicker,they cost about $15 a day to rent from Home Depot.
No carpet,still no problem,wires can be easily hidden behind corner mouldings,simply run the wires to the nearest corner then run the wire up the corner,then along the ceiling to the point where speakers can be mounted from the ceiling,then install corner mouldings over the wires.
In any case any of these options will take you less than an 8 hour day to accomplish.
You cant tell me that you cant muster the skills to accomplish atleast one of these options
