Doug,
First off want to apologize, the last para in the original post is poorly executed, I didn't intend to pose the idea in such a way, it comes across pretty adversarial, not my intention, but THE 'GON doesn't have a nifty edit feature otherwise it would have been GONE' long ago....
I certainly wasn't trying to raise any ire or offend anyone. I hope this can be accepted by everyone. Again the edit feature would have been pretty handy too.
The LG just happened to be attached to the remaining receiver amp, as a result I listened to it for nearly two months (hence the "waste of time" comments) until pulling my head out.
As for the vague questions laid out in the first post. I can fill in a few details:
1. Price, I figure $2k is in the budget for speakers, and or cable if necessary.
There have been 102 people so far view this thread, I've apologized, If I read the original post as an observer, I would have thought the guy a prick too. Please let the discourse flow.