I am with you on this 100%. I like to see them { that might have something to do with my new hobby building my own speakers.} But I can not imagine the wall speaker sounding as good as a floor speaker if they are both of the same quality.
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Systems that you personally consider affordable. This will obviously depend on your financial situation, but, in general, probably less than $2,000 for Blu-ray player, receiver, speakers, and subwoofer.