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Best Concert Film
Erice Claptons Crossroads guitar festival is a great concert DVD. 
A buzz in my speakers-Ideas???
My tube amp put a buzz in my speakers. I used a cheater plug on its power cord and it went away. You might try just lifting the ground with the cheater plug and see what happens. 
Biamping with Digital amps Minimally Effective?
Just for fun, you might want to look into the panasonic sa-xr55 digital amp. It puts out 100 watts x 7. It has a biamp feature that sends 3 amp channels into each speaker when in biamp mode. Two channels to the woofer section and 1 to the tweeter. 
DVD player in Home theater systems
If you want one do it all. Look for a universal player which does dvd-audio and sacd, has a hdmi connection for when you will want to use that. Has a very good video section and audio section. The Denon 2910 comes to mind. 
DLP or LCD what do you think
I would highly reccommend that you look into getting a front projection system instead of a TV. It will give you a fantastic hi-def image, allow you to have a picture that can be anywhere from 70" to 120' diagonal or more if you go extreme and cos... 
"...Pet Free..."
I think the main points about a pet free environment is that there is no pet dander or shedding hair floating around in a home and landing in component cooling vents, getting snagged in grillcloths and possibly giving a pair of speakers a fragranc... 
Retrofit remote volume to integrated tube?
If you are listening primarily to a CD player, you can try to find one that has its own volume control and use that. That is what I did to great effect. But I must say, that now that I have a remote controled tube amp I am much happier going that ... 
Pioneer Elite Receivers
If you buy an item from a private seller, tell him you will be happy to pay the actual shipping charges but not more. Also, call up the shipping company, whether it is UPS or FEd-ex or another and get a price quote from them so you will know what ... 
Blown Threshold S/300 Stasis II
I used to have a forte amp that I believe was made by threshold. Inside that amp each channel had 2 fuses. Try taking the top off and see if they are blown. If so, you might find replacements at radio shack. 
certin speaker makers harder to get dissounts fro
I also reccommend waiting until what you want surfaces here on Audiogon. Why not get it at 50% off and save your hard earned money. 
Pondering a pair of Klipsch La Scalas
If you want a smaller Klipsch package, though they are still fairly big at 100 pounds each, I would reccommend listening to a pair of Klipsch Epics CF3's. They have impactful tight bass below 30Hz are 100dB efficient and can hit like a concert mon... 
Why does my laptop annoy me less than my rig?
Hey Qualia8,Your post was quite funny and well written. Thanks for the nice read. 
Front projector aspect ratio question
Some PJ's have an image shift funciton. If yours does, you can shift the image up until the top black bar is gone and then raise the screen up to the bottom of the image. Mine does not have that function, but I always raise the screen for the bott... 
Amp for rock/metal with high efficient speakers
I have a pair of Klipsch Epics. They are 100dB efficient, yet can handle 250 watts continous with 1000 watt peaks.Even though yours are efficient as well, I am pretty sure they can handle some serious power. Hooked up to mine is a Rotel Rb991. It ... 
List speakers thast can be put cloeto rear wall
Some of the Klipsch can go right against the wall.