Ahhhh Vincent.... Where do I start. First off, I also do custom installs I am just doing this for myself as a project since I am always tinkering. While I admit custom install work is not my day job I do enjoy the work and help my friend out from time to time with his business on the side. Second, both Escient and Speakercraft have confirmed that the E2 line of the Fireball servers are compatible so I don't quite know where you come off with your information. Though if for some reason it cannot be made to work, I still have touchscreen interfaces that can drive everything as a backup.

The B-stock purchase was an impulse where an authorized reseller lost his shirt while trying out pushing merchandise through auction and was something no one could pass up. I purchase all my hardware and interface pieces through my friend so lay off if you don't mind. As for why don't I ask someone who knows what they are doing, that is what I thought I was doing here but if this is the type of response I get, that may have been a bad choice.

I fully respect the work and skills of custom installers and have attend CEDIA myself and various product trainings in the past from some now defunct media server hardware products to Control4 and Kaleidescape but I have never had the chance to take Speakercraft or Escient training. I am always trying to learn the next interface and technology to improve my skills and knowledge (Ok, Speakercraft and Escient are neither the next great thing nor that advanced). I was really hoping for any help and advice from the "experts" rather than a flame. I have always believed in learn through doing so your negative comments cannot sway my beliefs and when I fall into a "deal" I will always tinker and experiment to learn from it what I can.