Darren

Wow - I feel asleep for a few minutes and my speakers became "obsolete"! Hadn't checked the web site for a while and it looks like I'm going to have to find these new beast and give them a listen. Can't believe thr RF-7's are already in the "discontinued" area []

I agree - hook both up both connections methods and switch back and forth to see what sounds best to you. For me, my processor does a better job than my DVD player, so I only use the analog connections for SACD and DVD-A

Personally, I would jump on the Lexicon at that price. My friend has one and it does a great job - he paid quite a bit more than that.

Sorry to answer your question with a question, but aren't you missing something listing to an audio DVD (assume this is DVD-A) through "5.1 dolby or DTS5.1" Won't this go through the processor and be treated very much the same as a CD? I thought to get the impact of DVD-A or SACD you needed to run use the multi-channel connections with the 6 analog cables? Excuse my ignorance

"So if I have my receiver set to 5.1, am I going to get the same sound coming out of each speaker or are there going to be different tracks of sound coming out of seperate speakers?" As noted above, they are different, unique tracks engineered to create the total sound experience. The statement above sums it up well: "5.1 means you have discrete (think tracks) of sound, L,C, R, LR, RR"

I went to a movie last night (War of the Worlds). First movie I have been to in some time. While I enjoyed it (and it's hard not to like the screen size), there were little kids in front of me making a lot of noice. I think they were about 5 - 7 years old and the mother sat 4 or 5 seats away from them (don't even get me started on having kids this age in a movie this intense). Anyway, enjoyed it, but the whole time I'm thinking "can't wait to get this on DVD".

I have the RSP-1066 and have been very happy with it. When the 1068 came out I looked to see if upgrading was worth while. I concluded it was not (not that the 1068 was bad at all - I just didn't see that much difference from the 1066). I did find the 1098 to be very, very nice. If that's in your price range, give it serious consideration. If not, the 1068 (and the NAD) are both very good units and I'd say both favor performance over bells and whistles.

Not going to rock the boat - the sub is the way to go for now. The 201's are not bad speakers (especially for surround duty). The sub will make a big difference.

Congrats! The 5's are very good speakers, but the 7's costs twice as much for a reason!

A friend of mine moved last week and was selling his ML speakers with a 2 channel Aragon Amp. I was SO tempted, but really like the RF-7's - both alone and in particular in the HT. I really thought about the ML / Aragon for a separate stereo system, but no room - those are damb big speakers! The ML are extremely nice. From my listening, I would rate them higher than the RF-7's for music, slightly lower for HT (just my ears talking).

Welcome to the forum. Given the speakers and TV you mention, I assume you have a pretty high budget for your amp? If so, you have a lot of options. I went with Rotel, but B&K is very nice. You may also want to look into Parasound and Aragon. Good luck!

I think that is still true (Best Buy does not sell the Reference series).

One issue we all fight is limitations in our rooms. I think your speaker placement will be fine, but there are others with much more experience than I. For those of us without a self-designed separate HT rooms, we do the best with what we have. And welcome to the HT world

The RF-7's are worth the upgrade and it looks like you are getting a good price. An added benefit will be the upgrade on the surrounds (especially with SACD and DVD-A). This is a move I would definitely make.

I think Steven's answer shows the bottom line answer - the point of being "overdone" is different for everyone. Overdone does have one thing in common - our wives will tell us when we've gotten there