Reddit mentions of Fluance Signature HiFi 2-Way Center Channel Speaker for Home Theater (HFCW)

> seating for 8 persons

That means you have seating off to the side, likely diagonally, correct? What this means is that you should get bipole/dipole/radiators for your side-surrounds, and place them centered between each "row of seating" (if it's additional couches instead of seats, put them centered based on distance from furthest seating to closest seating), a pic/drawing of the room would help. Good ones that'll fit in your budget are these bipoles ($120) or its bigger brothers, this one ($150) or this one ($200, I have these, got them $100 on sale from Walmart, currently normal priced).

> I preferred the quality of Klipsch

As for your front 3 speakers, two options I have would be Klipsch, or the same company as those bipoles. For Klipsch, there are these bookshelves + matching center ($340); for Fluance, they don't have a matching center for their SX Series, so you can mix and match, or not get their SX Series, their most expensive series (Signature) bookshelves + center would be $350, so similar price to the Klipsch's, their 2^nd highest model line bookshelves + center would be $270.

For your back-surrounds, are you wall-mounting? If your are, you will want front-ported speakers. Ones that I can recommend are these Sound Appeals ($70), or actually Fluance's top 2 model lines, you can get the Signature Series ($200) or their XL7 Series ($150). You don't want dipole/dipole/radiators for back-rears, as the sound dispersion wouldn't be good (null zones or amplified zones)

Now, that brings us to the subwoofer. If you were talking like 3-4, maybe 5 people, you could just get 1 sub, however, since you are talking 8 people, you definitely want 2 subs. The reason for that is a subwoofer has sweet spots, and an 8-person seating area is definitely too large. With the speakers I recommended, if you went on the most expensive of my recommendations, that would leave us with ~$750 to play with. I would recommend two of these ($660 total) or two of these ($740 $865 total, too expensive).

Now, I'm guessing you'll also need speaker wire. I'd recommend getting at least 16 gauge (lower the # the better), and if you are going in-wall, get oxygen-free. Speaker wire is cheap, here is 100ft of 14 gauge oxygen-free speaker wire. Now, I'd also suggest getting open-screw banana plugs (likely wont fit on any speakers you are wall-mounting), just to save on some frustration with connecting the speaker wire to the speakers/receiver, I bought 2 orders of these ($16 total), they connect like this. You will also want 2 subwoofer cables (RCA's with better insulation), I bought 1 order AmazonBasics in 15ft for $9 ($18 total for you), they also come in 25ft ($20 total, so better safe than sorry). If you don't know how to place a subwoofer, here is /u/zeospantera's tutorial.

I see lots of commenters recommending high-end stuff which is understandable since you are building your own house and having a large dedicated space for a banging HT. A good 7 channel receiver plus a subwoofer powerful enough for your large room will add up to $1000 pretty quick. Heck, I'd reccomend two subwoofers for a space that large. I will probably get downvoted, but let me help you find some more budget friendly choices.

Receiver $300 - DENON
AVR-X1400H

Subwoofer $300 - Bic Acoustech PL-200 II

Front LR $200 - Fluance Signature Series

* Matching Center - $150

Surround and Rear Surrounds - Micca MB42X 2x$80

This puts you just slightly over budget. also factor in speaker mounts / shelves / stands, cables, etc.... There's obviously lots of options and everyone has their own opinions. Have fun researching, I hope this helps!

So if the main viewing area is the family room and you watch TV nightly I would say go for the front three upgrade. The problem there is the budget. With $300 you'll be limited to about where you are in terms of speakers. I would say you would need $400 to step up. You could do just the mains and do the center later or not at all depending on how sensitive you are to the mismatch. You could also just keep what you have in the family room and setup the den with the upgraded speakers for music. Either way here are some options.

Mains upgrade - (pick one) These all have a matching center but keep in mind the center can be expensive.

• KEF Q100 $300 - Amazing bookshelf speakers that are still highly on sale. Can't recommend these enough.
  
  
• Philharmonic Affordable Accuracy - I've never heard they but they are supposed to be very good for the money.
  
  
• Cambridge Aero 2 $250 - These are $100 off the normal price or more. I think they look cool and the BMR sound like an interesting concept.
  
  
• RBH/EMPTek R5Bi $225 pair - very good speakers that have a lots of fans. Be warned the matching center is expensive.
  
  
• Q Acoustics 3020 $250 - Newcomers to the US but have gotten great reviews in the past.
  
  Front three upgrade
  
  
• Boston Acoustic CS26 $105ea & CS225C center $200 (Total:$410) - It's over budget but keep watching the center pricing as it was down to $100 the other day and is normally around the $150 mark.
  
  
• Fluance Signature bookshelves $200 and Center $150 (Total: $350) - Close to your budget and should be an upgrade over the Pioneers. How much I'm not sure as I've not heard these.
  
  
• Q Acoustics 3010 $180 and 3090c center $160 (Total:$340) - New the american market but have gotten very good reviews from UK publications. The smaller 3010 should be fine considering you have a sub. You could upgrade to the 3020's if you wanted to stretch the budget.

/u/ZeosPantera
this the signature you mean?

https://www.amazon.com/Fluance-Signature-Two-way-Channel-HFCW/dp/B01A5TWSY6/