Home theater advice?

Marsh, I recommend the Salamander Synergy 3 shelf rack (added a fourth). You can expand if necessary, easily move shelves, add sand or shot to the pillars if you want for damping (but that prevents moving shelves), get a few different choices in colors, complimenting your speakers,and look sharp. Obviously having the center channel in line with the L&R speakers is ideal, but requires a platform of sorts to raise the PTV up high enough . This can lower the WAF considerably, and when you watch "2001 A Space Odyssey" you may notice a similarity between the monolith and your TV, but all's fair in love and audio.

Comprehensive DVD testing results can be found at:

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_8_2/dvd-benchmark-special-report-chroma-bug-4-2001.html

Unfortunately, this does not cover the Classe player, but the Camelot Roundtable is mentioned, and as the only one to pass all tests.
Can I come over to watch a flick, HT sounds like its gonna kick ass!

Maybe I should scrap these ideas and go buy a mercedes.

Just kidding. Being from Memphis, TN. it is extremely hard to auddition some of these components.

Thanks again!!!

I would look into getting a different direct tv HD receiver. I think the RCA will need some computer video adaptors to connect to your Elite. Panasonic does 720P but your TV does not and it is super slow. A Mitsubishi or a Sony HD receiver would be best. Also, the DVD player wise, although both the Elite and the Classe are both great pieces, you should look into a great progressive out DVD player. I know the Elite displays in progressive but I pretty sure the Classe does not have p-out. What you would gain would be that the signal does not convert from digital to analog in the DVD player and back from analog back to digital in the Elite. Just my 2 cents.

i'd recommend for racks that you look at zoethecus' new lower-priced line and billy baggs ht racks. saw them both at ces2001 and both products looked great. the billy baggs stuff is pricier but built very robustly. you do need to enjoy the "techno" look, too. i find it very cool, enuf so that i'm lookin' to purchase another unit myself (i use the bb 1000-cd racks; also very robust) -kelly