sogood51

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What's more important; sound or brand name?
Kool39, I like mine to, great tuner. I have the au717 also but have not used it for a while. 
Sub In The Fireplace
Sorry, should have read, center of the front wall. I need to start reading my posts over more often. 
Sub In The Fireplace
Flex, difference is, his fireplace has a large sub in it and yours was trapping rear wave inside of a square hole. I'm not sure that the center of the rear wall is the best place for a sub but could be fine in some rooms, like Rives said, take a m... 
Problem with rear firing bass port
Maybe if you could spread them out far enough, that way you could get more toe in angle. Maybe? 
Who makes the best passive volume control?
Sorry, that passive should read F.T. audio. 
Who makes the best passive volume control?
There is no best of anything in audio, there are only opinions. Passives come in all prices so I would start looking for one in your price range. There are a couple of passives that sell for over $4,000 I think, the three I hear the most about are... 
What's more important; sound or brand name?
Sony is not well known as a speaker builder in the U.S., so their first thought is (sony speakers?). It's not just sony, the same thing can happen with any of the big mass market companys. I saw a Denon amp for sale the other day ($17,000 used), y... 
Warm vs. Analytical
It is good to know the meaning of these terms, keep in mind that they are still one man's opinion. Of all the amps named in this post, and many morenot named, you can find an opinion on the sound of that amp. Just know that you can steer the sound... 
krell KSA-250 or KSA-200s
I like the Ksa-250, it is one of the best amps ever made by Krell. The 250 has much better midrange than the smaller 150, the downside, more heat. Krell still has great service on these amps should you ever need it and can change over to monoblock... 
Denon DVD 2900 I got, but no bass.
You must have a sub, sacd and dvd-audio do not have .1 channel like movies do, most players have poor bass management for the sub channel for music, the denon is not alone in this loss. I would get a outlaw audio ICBM if you have small or mix and ... 
Kappa 's Biamping
You will need volume control on the QSC. 
Do SACD player start up slower
I just timed my sony XA777es for you. With tray open it took 2 seconds for the tray to close and 10 more seconds for play to begin. 
Is $18,000 enough for a high end HT?
One man's high end is another man's low end in this audio/video game, projectors can eat up a budget real quick so you need to shop around in that department for a good deal. Spend some time at the avs forum reading and asking as much as you can a... 
Anyone heard the Rogue Zuess???
There was an in showroom review of it over at AA a few days ago. It's the only post I have seen on it so far. It does look sweet. 
best pre/pro under $5,000
Theatergrand III is one that you should find and check out, I have the theatergrand II, sunfire took a great product and made it even better. Has it all, easy to use, and is a very good two channel pre to boot.