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Outdoor speaker recommendations
I have had good luck with a pair of Cambridge Soundworks A52. Nice build quality with surprisingly good bass and midrange. They retail for $300 but Cambridge Soundworks sells their B-Stock on E-Bay. I found a pair of these there for around $120 an... 
speaker recomendation
Lots of buzz about the Amphion Argon II. http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/amphion_argon2.htm 
Good Preamp with Digital Input
Manley Labs- WAVE 
would B&W work with cheap japanese recievers?
One of the highest scoring DVD players in the Secrets of Home Theater DVD Benchmark tests (www.hometheaterhifi.com) is the $200 Oppo. The Oppo also has DVD Audio. I would wait on the HD DVD player. As far as I know, there are no HD DVD's out yet. ... 
How good are Harbeth HL-P3ES-2
Can someone explain what LS3/5a's are? 
Sonus Faber Cremona Auditor - Subwoofer ?
Look into a TBI Magellan. They have review at 6 moons. I have two and highly recommend them. 
would B&W work with cheap japanese recievers?
I would suggest you upgrade the speakers and keep the reciever. Then if you feel a need for improvement, look into buying a reasonably priced, nice two channel amp (like a used NAD for $300). You can easliy bypass the front two speaker amps in the... 
High power integrated suggestions please.
I owned the Krell 400xi and had it matched with Dynaudio Contour 3.0.With Piano and Jazz it was sublimeĀ… absolutely beautiful in tone and clear as a bell without being clinical. With other "bigger" music it just didn't rock the Dyno's. To be fair ... 
Recommendation for small satellite speakers
Thanks for the recommendations. I'll check into all the speakers mentioned. 
Burning a dics for a road trip, suggestions...
The Doors are always good on the road. 
HELP: How to get rid of AC hums and video noise
I had luck getting rid of a nasty hum by replacing the digital cable with an optical that connected the cable box and the AV reciever. 
Musical Subwoofer for 2 Channel System BUT....
VBT Magellan 
Live Recordings
Jimmy Page and The Black Crows, "Live at the Creek".Grateful Dead "Cornell University 1977"JJ Cale "2-6-77 The Bottom Line"Jerry Garcia Band, "After Midnight, Kean College"and let's not forget the all time greatest live rock album, The Allman Brot... 
Best Country/Rock - Poll
Has anybody mentioned The Rolling Stones? Kieth was heavily influenced by his friend Grahm Parsons: Goats Head Soup, Beggars Banquit, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers all have heavy soutnern influence. How about the song "Far Away Eyes" on Some Girls.... 
Any Home Theater Experts here?
I just sold my Outlaw to go back to an AV Receiver. The receiver I have now is a Underwood Modified Denon 3806 (around $2,000 new). The Denon is driving my rears and my center channels. My center is a Dynaudio Contour T2.1 (not very efficient) wit...