[Zeke]

Wow, good discussion. I'm sure I underestimated the PPOT brain trust when it came to sound systems.

I like what Paul and others have said more or less, if it works bone't fix it.

BTW, beforehand, I had some pretty nice bookshelf units running on the B side at the same time as my floor speakers. I placed them high sort of like you see some of the trick Bose set ups and they brought a lot of mid range brightness to the overall sound, given the room in which my stuff is located, of course.

BTW, that room is 15 X 15 and full of siht on the walls and lots of furniture to absorb the sound. I mean like this room is dead, sound wise.

I've walked into many houses in my line of work, maybe at my peak a 100 a year, and have seen every sound system there is spare some 25 grand $et (which I have seen and heard one) and I don't like big rooms sparsely furnished with hard surface floors. Yet I see this more often than not. The sound is irritating at any elevated volume.

You guys might criticize me but the last thing I like is those tiny Bose cubes way up in the corners and out about 2 feet supported by a sub buried in the coffee table. The sound is coming from everywhere. I like to face the sound. Maybe that's why I hate the movie theater.

I do headphones now and then but not my favorite these days. Ear buds are nasty. No depth.