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Sonos Products
When you rip cd's you can get errors if error correction is not used, so there is a very valid reason why a flac of a cd may not sound as good as the cd. This will vary depending on the performance of the drive doing the reading you are using in t... 
Best budget speakers for near-field/small space
Computer speakers can be great for a small room, at least the nicer ones. The Audioengine paired with a baby sub is a great combo, my roommate has that. I'm using gaming speakers from Razer, the Mako a 2.1 system with a couple of inputs, just need... 
Looking for thoughts; starting out system...
I think you are simply combining components that are all biased to be very technical, detailed, forward, to use a few terms used in reviews. You will have to decide what to swap with a laid back component to bring the system back toward being bala... 
Amp's nominal power rating - any use?
The issue with power ratings is that there are so many variables, and many ways to test power output. It also takes ten times the power to increase the volume by ten db. If you are happy with what you have, and it's only a matter of worrying about... 
The best speaker you ever heard?
The 800 series with diamond tweeters by Bowers and Wilkinson. They just sound great. 
2 subwoofers and frequency response
The second sub should add about 5db to the sound pressure. If you experiment with placement, you can use the second one to even out the response in the room. I think it's best to place a sub about a foot from the nearest wall, and several feet fro... 
Can it hurt a 5.1amp only using left & right chnls
Nope, just turn off the unused channel in it's menus, if possible. Will be something like 'no' in the places where it lists the crossover slopes Won't damage anything either way.