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B&W 802d Room Placement
Depends a lot on the room acoustics and, particularly, what is on the side walls.Kal 
Center Channel Upgrade Question
If you can accommodate the configuration, using three identical speakers across the front is ideal and avoids any of the problems with horizontal-array speakers.Kal 
Recommendation for a New HT AVR?
$1000 does not buy what it once did. ;-)Kal 
Stacked Bookshelf Speakers -- Perplexing Nirvana?
As my mother used to say: "If you are happy, I am happy." ;-)Kal 
Best Pre/Pro for under a $1000 used?
Of course, none of those is capable of decoding SACD, TrueHD or dts MA. Nor does any one have HDMI facilities, afaik.Kal 
What would you recommend?
There's only one such universal so far: Oppo BDP-83.Kal 
Room EQ
I have used several. What's your system and what's your problem?Kal 
Oppo Blu-ray ???
Yes. Preliminary support is the current state. Kal 
Oppo Blu-ray ???
What is unique is not that it outputs all the audio by analog but that it is, at the moment, the only BluRay player that will play SACD and DVD-A. It will also output those via HDMI.Kal 
Multichannel amp for active loudspeaker
One suggestion would be an Ayre V-6xe, used of course.Kal 
Multichannel amp for active loudspeaker
First, since your initial interest in multiple tube amps was frustrated by the cost, you have to give us a budget.Second, there is a nice Butler MCH tube amp.Third, there are MANY mch ss amps but we need more info about cost and what you consider ... 
Buying SACDs in NYC, suggestions please...
I just refueled the SACD collection at Academy. More in about 2 weeks. Of course, those are not my favorites. ;-) Kal 
anthem D2
I doubt if you will be disappointed. I used a D2 with ARC with a Paradigm setup and loved it. The only issue is whether your Sony player can decode TrueHD and dts MA to PCM. If so, you are OK.I expect a D2v shortly so, until then, I cannot offer a... 
anthem D2
You fling around labels but the truth is more subtle. If you want to know if the original D2 or the D2v is suitable for you, you have to ask more specifically.Kal 
Surround Rear speaker set-up 5.1
Stringreen wrote: My surrounds are in the rear in the ceiling and it sounds fine.Hard to believe but I am OK with it if you are happy.Kal