So here is the the finished product. Until I decide I need something more...
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The surrounds I finally decided on are the Jamo 10.5k4 4 way speakers with the 10" woofer per speaker. I was thinking about dipoles, but I guess the directional speaker sounded somehow better to me...and with my higher than average ceilings (13 feeet) I wanted a bigger/more powerful in ceiling solution.
I'm extremely pleased with my Velodyne SPL-1200R. It plays big, but is small enough for my wife not to complain too much. I'm thinking about the JL Audio Fathom 113....but for now this little guy is definetly holding its own.
Using the HD-XA2 because of its fantastic video...much better than the 360 addon I was using...and also because of its ability to bitstream all the audio to my Pioneer 94TXH. Was hopoing the Samsung dual format player was gonna be able to do this, but sadly not as of this post.