surrounds?

[glen]

The mains are SVS SBS-02 and the center is the SCS-02.
(1-inch silk dome tweeter and 5.25-inch polypropylene woofer)
I have a cheap 12" sub – BIC America F12.

What says AnandTech for surround speakers?
Monopole? Bi-Pole? Di-Pole?

These looks great:
SVS Ultra Surround
Premium surround loudspeaker with dual 1" aluminum dome tweeters, dual 5.5" woofers and bipole, dipole and Duet configuration modes.
But, they are $600 each!

Could get the lessor SVS Prime Satellite
1” Aluminum dome and 4.5” Poly woofer.
They are $135 each.
However, they are ported. How does that work against a wall?

 

[giantpandaman2]

I'd pick the Prime Satellite and save your money for a better sub. Rear ported speakers shouldn't be resting on a wall (contrary to the pictures) but given the amount of sound they put out, who really cares? Surround speakers carry maybe 10% of the sound on a typical movie. Now if you put rear ported mains too close to a wall, that would be a big no no.