[how do they do that?]

This site has a pretty good explanation along with good diagrams

http://www.howstuffworks.com/speaker.htm

[scratching mini connecters?]

Hey, I have this same problem. It seems I have to rotate them around until I can hear the full sound coming out the speaker with no scratchiness. Its fine if I leave them sitting there, but if I move a satellite I need to readjust the connector a bit. A little annoying, but I guess only a small inconvenience

[PLEASE HELP ME I AM BUYING IN 3 WEEKS!!!]

Personally I suggest the following:

Monitor: Sony 19" or 21" FD Trinitron series, I have never seen a better or flatter screen on anything. The lines are a bummer, but don't really bother me.

Vid Card: GeForce2 GTS Pro or Ultra

CD-ROM: Pioneer DVD 115

Case: Lian-Li brushed aluminum case. - Pretty awesome, 3 fans all silver, but will cost you $200

RAM: Going with a 1.2ghz AMD processor, you should really get PC2100 or PC1600 RAM, otherwise the PC133 or PC100 RAM just makes a big bottle neck and you might as well just have an 800mhz CPU.

Fan: I had a chrome orb fan, they look cool but are pretty much junk, just go with a standard AMD fan/heatsink like that one that comes with a boxed retail CPU.

Also, you won't need a bigger power supply if you are getting a bigger monitor like whoever said, the power supply has nothing to do with the monitor.

[OOOO!! Review of the new 4.1's!]

http://store.yahoo.com/planetminidisc/promedia4-1.html

I bought a set at the above URL last week. At first I was hesitant, contacted Klipsch, and they said they accidentally shipped out 20 sets to them. Well I got mine today and they really rock.

Maybe they still have a set or two left.