Page 1 of Mission M7DS rear speakers - conflicting advice

I am still looking for a resonably priced set of rear speakers to match my Acoustic Energy 109 fronts. Westy recommended the 77DS dipole speakers, but I can`t seem to find them, so I thought I would go for the m7ds ones instead, probably as part of the M72 Cinema package, as I can use the fronts in another room, and that way I get a centre speaker too.

However, when I approached Richer Sounds, they didn`t want to sell me a set, as the salesman I spoke to thinks they are terrible as they are made of plastic, and he suggested I rather look at some of the others available - but he didn`t have anything that was a good match. So, in effect, he was turning down a sale, so I don`t think he had an axe to grind.

The net result is that I am more consfused than ever. What do the rest of you think of these speakers? Do they stand being driven hard? What is their long-term performance like?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Regards,
Thomas

Dont know what they are like - but I rang Richer Sounds mail order yesterday and the M77DS were in stock.

My M7Ds are fine : remember they`re not there to blast out sound, but to add background ambience and effects :-)

I like mine. They will go loud, they don`t rattle or distort. There`s nothing wrong with plastic for speaker surrounds - high density, high damping factor, can be moulded to a more acoustically satisfactory shape. And yes, I too prefer real wood, but these are great speakers.

Yup, my M7DS are great. The M7C1 centre is perhaps a little weak, though - there is an M7C2 now, though I`m not sure if that comes in the cinema bundles. I found http://www.qed-uk.com very good price wise for the Mission cinema packs.

Thanks for the responses. Ordered a set today.

Thomas