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Fidelity
Let me rephrase that...The holy grail of hi-fi is to recreate the recording engineers interpretation of the performance in your living room as acurate as possible. 
Fidelity
Uppermidfi,A lot of us "golden eared freaks" can tell the difference between different brands/version of instuments on recordings. In addition, we are able to hear the recording venue. Some of the extreme "golden eared freaks" can even tell you mi... 
1 big sub or 2 small?
Elevick,Yes, the S10.2 is a good entry level bang for the buck product. I currently have an S8.2 hooked up to my computer and it does a good job of filling in the bottom end with my B&W LM monitors. If your willing to spend $500 on the energy,... 
1 big sub or 2 small?
I agree with Jjmali. You are not going to get anything that's good for $179. These cheap subs tend to produce "one note" bass.Good luck, 
parallel receivers
How about picking up a impedence matching speaker selector box. Niles audio sells onehttp://www.nilesaudio.com/products/aip_speaker_selection.htmlThis will allow you to hook up multiply pairs of speakers to a receiver, or amp, and the receiver wil... 
Freezer Cryoed Cables...
Tireguy,Patrick has a cryo unit right next to the freezer. He has compared CD's, both cryoed and frozen, through his high resolution system consisting of a vintage Sony receiver, sound dynamics speakers and a Bravo DVD player. 
Freezer Cryoed Cables...
Quote of Richard from hometheatertalk.com: "Scott, I have a vintage sony str-v5 receiver with Walker Audio: super silver treatment on everything inside, some Sound Dynamics rts 9 speakers with gr-research gr-t2 tweeters and Sonicaps caps with supe... 
Tift Merritt
I stumbled across Bramble Rose about 2 months ago. Great album. 
Toslink Survey / Please Participate
Buscis2,Either the Denon was built on Friday or at 9:02 AM on a Monday. I also purchased a DVD9000 that died within about a week of purchase. I took it back to the dealer and demanded my money back. I also had problems with a DVD2800, DVD2800MII a... 
Toslink Survey / Please Participate
Buscis2,No wonder you can't here a difference, the cable box is not a great source. Even the digital music channels are only good for background music. Big time Compression.I do agree that the DVD5000 has wonderful dacs. I owned one for 26 months.... 
Toslink Survey / Please Participate
Toslink had higher jitter in the past. This has improved with new generations of equipment. 
Traditional looking speakers
I second the Soliloquy's, including the 5.31's Also, Von Sweirkert VR2's fit your budget and criteria.Good luck, 
mp3 vs CD
MP3 at best sound as good as average FM. 
LP12 Valhalla power - wood finishes
There are many different type of Rosewood. There are some that have a lot of red in them and some that lean more towards brown. I have a pair of Soliloquy loudspeakers that use the brown rosewood. I just finished a project made from Bolivian Rosew... 
Freezer Cryoed Cables...
Is there any downside to freezing caps? Could it effect the grease in them? Those with electrical experience please chime in.Thanks,