My GFhas $2500 for 5.1 system! Suggestions anyone?

[Johnny Vinyl]

My girlfriend called me to say she saw this awesome Bose system for $2,500! I just about flipped when she asked me if she should get it! I told her definately NO, NO, NO, under any circumstance! I said I would ask you guys and that I'd get back to her with a system that'll be much, much better and will last longer.

Here's the thing.....they have to be Satellite Speakers as she doesn't have the room for Floorstanders and/or bookshelves even. Her family room is of an odd configuration and not conducive to anything else but a Satellite system.

The receiver can be either 5.1 or 7.1, although she'll likely never go the 7.1 route. No room for anything but a receiver, so no seperates, ok? She already has the Samsung BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and a Panasonic (model ?)1080p plasma.

I'll be doing my own research and taking her for auditions, but I'd welcome your suggestions (hopefully based on personal experience).

John