Going into the dark side.....please help

the reasons to change the system is not enitrely just for the baby. Wife constantly complains about the looks of the system and 'complexity' of operating them.

I plan to have Music (mostly classical) on most of the time while my baby is growing. If wife doesnt' like to operate the current system cuz she thinks it's hard then I have to find alternatives which is one of those all in one system. So this way, she will be happier and acutally use it, looks nicer and the system pose less danger to the baby.

If I have to take a step back in sound quality to achieve the above, I would; Plus, I still have my full sized system downstairs.

I acutally just purchase a KEF KIT 100 so will soon list my Acurus ACT III, Classe CA 150 and Green Mountain Europa for sale on the audiogon. Thanks again for your input.

Rich

Rich, why doesn't your wife just figure out how to use your system. How difficult can it be???

Dang wives. Kids are easy in comparison :)

Butsy:

I'd suggest grandchildren are!

That's asking a lot of a three year old :)

For a situation like this, a pair of Mirage Omnisat v2 SATs and coordinating Omni S8 or S10 subwoofer would be about perfect. The satellites can mount on the wall, eliminating the danger of a crawling baby pulling a minimonitor off a stand and thunking her on her punky little head. The grilles are metal mesh, resistant to curious, poking fingers. The omnidirectional radiating pattern is great at filling larger living spaces from small sources. The Omnisat gets really close to being a point source. At the same time, the sound is very clear with excellent midrange.

Best of all, the parts and build quality and sound quality are great--way, way better than Bose, and generally better than similar-priced sub/sat systems. The sat enclosures are inert and shaped to avoid standing waves. Tweeter is a cloth surround titanium dome and mid/woofer is titanium vapor deposit on polypropylene with butyl surround. Handling capacity is 150 w.

Get a consumer-friendly combi player and receiver and you're there. I recommend using the high level (spkr) connections to the sub and from there out to the sats. Kimber TC-4 or TC-8 terminated in bananas should be a good match.

Separate disk player and receiver shouldn't really be more complicated than a single unit. It just requires one more AC outlet and one pair of interconnects.

I use a 2-channel Mirage Omnisat system in the music-only living room, and it's a very engaging and involving system. It energizes the room the way instruments and voices would, it's unobtrusive with good resolution. It excels on jazz and chamber music and acquits itself well with orchestral and big band music too. Voice is almost spooky-real and should work really well for TV/DVD sources.