I am venturing into unfamiliar territory.

I have the Pioneer Elite Pro 1000HD Plasma in my theater room. The amp is a Denon AVR-3803, and the speakers are B&W inwalls. Specifically, the speakers are CWM-800's for the front mains, and CWM-600's for the surrounds. I cannot recall the model number of the center channel speaker, but it is the matching speaker to above. The room also contains a Velodyne HGS-12 sub.

Room dimensions are 22 X 28, with a high ceiling, and even so, this setup is more than adequate. The sound is very acceptable for home theater applications, and I have been very happy with it. So has my wife, especially since she does not have to look at free standing speakers. What is it with that anyway!

Best of luck.

JW

My theory -- women see TV's and speakers as "anti-social." Because when you make TV or music a priority -- you cannot pay attention to others. Therefore, they are rude. Now, if you can hide this rudeness in an armoire or in the walls, that's polite. Therefore, plasma screens and in-wall speakers are polite and anything that extends into the room demanding attention is aggressively boorish. The armoire says, "I only take the TV out when no one else is around." The in-wall speaker says, "I am not a priority." They can also say, "I'm only for background music." Plasma screens say, "I'm not pushy, I'll just wait over on the wall until I'm needed. Cover me with a picture if you want, I won't interfere with your decor -- I know my place." Main thing -- they say, "we put our our highest value on conversation and interaction with others -- especially our guests." And that's the message most women try to send with their environment. Of course, this is a generalization. There *are*
exceptions. But, most of us are not married to the exceptions. If we're lucky, we're married to ones who are tolerant. Rare is the wife who will say, "these speakers aren't big enough. Where's the slamming bass? I think we could get better sound if we could move those monsters further into the room." Along the same lines, have you ever heard a woman say, "is that Led Zeppelin -- crank it up!" Obviously, they are crass creatures with no taste whatseoever.

Well Dr. Rob, as usual..your couch is comfortable. I'm thinking that you could rent yourself out for a small fee.

Dave

Hey Rsbeck,

Loved your post.

Analyze this though: In my critical listening audio room, my wife was complaining about all the equipment being housed in a cabinet/rack which exposed everything, i.e. everything showed. Sooooooooo, being a good husband, I pleased her by purchasing her very favorite armoire to house the electronics. Guess what though, several thousand bucks later, the doors to the armoire stay open almost all the time, exposing the equipment for all to see. Go figure.