Hi, I'm in somehow the same dilema. I'm new in Bang & Olufsen and I want to get a Beosound 5 for my living room, bar and dinning room. All this rooms are in one big rectangle measuring 11 x 8 m or 36 x 26 ft. I was planning in getting 4 Beosound 3 and 1 Beosound 2 to cover the hole area. Then I look the beosound 9 and felt in love with them