I just spent the last 20 minutes typing the best thread of my life, then a glitch made it dissapear!
But to start over again, I sounds like yo have enough speakers for 4 complete 6.1 (6 satellites and one sub) surround setups, provided they all work.
BTW if anything I say seems very obvious, there is no offense intended, I just figure that for the benefit of everyone, in the Beginers and audiophyte forum, i would be as clear as possible.
The Basics. You Need:
-A receiver with 6.1 surround (5.1 or 7.1 would be fine, but 6.1 devides your speakers into 4 complete sets.
Almost any reciever will work, choosing a receiver is very subjective, listen to a few receivers in different price ranges and decide what seems like the best bang for yo buck. Some people are happy with a $100 receiver others insist on spending thousands.
I would try to find the specs of the receivers, you look at. A good comparison to look at technicaly is total harmonic distortion (THD). the lower the better. I woul look for a THD .09% or lower, this should be rated from 20-20,000hz, the entire range of human hearing. If it is rated at a particular frequency, such as 1kh, the overall distortion is likely muck higher. This is a good comparison, but the best comparison is to listen to them.
-you will need speaker wire to hook everything up, 16 gage speaker wire or lamp cord should be fine. you will need RCA cables to hook up you CD, DVD, Tape player(does anyone still use tape?)
If you DVD player has digital coax or optical output you should use that to hook up to the receiver.
BTW try to find some model numbers on you speakers and subs, so yo can look up some specs. Also, unless yo go to a specialty store, most sales people dont know anything about audio, and sometims they outright lie to you, tell them you price range up front, and if they pressure you to spend more turn around and find another salesperson or leave the store. Sorry I just hate ignorant bullies.