So far, I believe this book to be a good quick reference guide that I will keep. I will however, return the DVD set, as what it amounts to is Jim reading his book to you on video. That probably works for some people out there, but I have no interest in it. To nitpick, I will also add that some of the illustrations aren't needed ( I mean the ones that have nothing to do with the subject, such as two dogs racing cars?). They look to be about jr. high level scribbles, and I would actually cover them if I thought someone noticed them as I was reading.
I said most of what I think in the first sentence of this post.
As an aside, in the past, I did pick up Robert Harley's "Guide to home audio". I found his book to be much more in depth, but ironically, the cover of the second edition that I own shows a really corny cartoon of a guy and his wife sitting on the couch listening to audio and it looks as though the guy is about to make a move on his lady. I do realize how insignificant this may sound, yet again, I would hide the cover while I read so that it wouldn't appear that I was more of a dumbass than already perceived. I don't recall any other of my books to have such such goofy images on their covers. Ok, I am done for the bitching part. Yes, I recommend either of these books for help on the subject of setting up your system.
As a final note, each book has some methods of setup that don't agree with each other. Point there would be as with most situations, you just have to go with the method that does best for you.
