I would read up a bit before spending your hard earned cash heres a good place to look

[Link: smr-home-theatre.org]


The speaker placement articles and the blowing the lid off av reciever articles are good.



This article is usefull about speakers sensitivity

[Link: whathifi.com]

I agree with G50AE digital video essentials is a great disc to get the best out of your system see here

[Link: videoessentials.com]


you seem to be strangely addicted to watts.Wattage is not always a good indication of how good something is going to sound, My drill has a very high wattage but i dont want to listen to it all day! as you will find when you read up a bit more cheap bad sounding systems often bragg at how many watts they are . often PMPO or total wattage figures are given at 10% distortion at 1 khz.

you can spend good money on junk or quality gear the choice is yours .I would buy AV mags as well as ask advice here.
and remember sales people in specialist stores are not always out to con you !in the uk i have had excellent advice from specialist dealers such as superfi/sevenoaks/.the sheds in the UK(big multiple dealers) often dont stock or have the right info about the products your interested in i expect the same is true in the U.S.

good luck and have fun

Bob

This message was edited by bob griffiths on 11/17/03 13:04.