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White Van Speakers ?
.The scam is still alive and well.....the just changed the color of the van.No particular city, state or neighborhood, these guys work the entire country.. 
VMPS Speakers Co. Closes Down
.Article by Brian Cheney and the ridiculous high prices in hifi.http://www.audaud.com/audaud/JAN01/cheney.html. 
Replacement for Squeezebox Touch?
... 'boxen', verrry cool.. 
starting a 5.1 or 7.1 surround
.The Infinity Kappas are keepers. Hang on to them. They are beautiful too!. 
Is it too much to ask....
.I am not interested in just dumping it off on the first fool passing by.There needs to be a whine catagorey so people can get their whine on.but there was a time when Audiogon had sophisticated buyers and sellers.Hey, be a true audiophile and be ... 
Is it too much to ask....
.Sophistication and courtesy are not mutually exclusive.Some of you need to come down off of your high horses.. 
Is it too much to ask....
.Amazing. What seems would simply be a courtesy to provide the info for members of this forum, smacks of the same sales snobbery that potential buyers have faced in brick and mortar audio stores for decades.If that's your attitude, every question ... 
big screen - two channel system enough for dialog?
.Rainwright, in theory it may be a standing wave nightmare, but in reality, the room sounds incredible from top to bottom. I have no such problems with my room. I am currently running a 7.1 system.I am considering adding height and wide channels. ... 
would 50 feet speaker wires be harmful to amp?
.I've had 50ft runs with no problems for years. Use 10 or 12 gauge and you'll be fine.. 
big screen - two channel system enough for dialog?
.Marakanetz, the link below should give you an idea of the room and the layout. When the room is my everyday living room, the couches are along the walls. When I get ready to watch movies, I move the couches so that they face the screen. I sit 30 ... 
big screen - two channel system enough for dialog?
.I've gone through 3 or 4 center speakers, and was never satisfied with any of them, due to their inability to render the human voice as well as my L/R tower speakers. I did not find any improvement in dialog intelligibility when using a center sp... 
Are you still playing CDs after, comp based syst?
.New music being released only on download is fine with me. I rarely buy new music. I'm 59 yrs old and I primarily listen to jazz. There are so many jazz recordings that I still don't have from the 1940's thru 2010. It will be another 40 years bef... 
Are you still playing CDs after, comp based syst?
.Larry, the tedium of loading those albums is going to pay huge dividends once you are all done.Next year I plan to buy an analog to digital converter to digitize some of my LP's that were never released on cd....now THAT will be tedious!. 
The Best Compliment You've Gotten On Your Rig?
."You still listen to albums?"LOL!!!. 
big screen - two channel system enough for dialog?
.Marakanetz, I could seat at least two additional rows of eight people in my theater, but the people in the second and third rows would not be able to see over the heads of the people in the front row. The second and third rows would not be elevat...