[Prof.]

Thanks guys....Actually the flood was a bit of blessing..A lot of our furniture and white goods were quite old and worn and now we have ALL new goods and carpets and a complete re-paint to boot!! It's like a new house..
Instead of the old Sofa, we now have new micro-fibre recliners for the theatre..
We were payed out in cash ( virtually unheard of with Insurance Companies...God bless them) to the replacement value of all items...
We bought some of the replacement furniture second-hand,instead of new and with that and the money for the replacement TV, saved enough for me to buy the materials for building the theatre, buy my first DLP projector, and up date my Receiver to a 7.1 system..

My equipment is very modest, and some of it now is getting a bit long in the tooth...It has served me well and I still get the occassional WOW from friends and family who come to watch a movie..

Boston Acoustic bookshelf ( can't remember model) Fronts L&R
Parasound Omega...Centre
DIY Krix tripoles...Surround sides
DSE Monitors...Surround backs
Richter Thor Mk.4...Subwoofer
Toshiba SD2650...DVD Player
JVC...VCR ( can't remember model, but I do remember it cost $790...Oh how things change!!
Yess....Digital SD STB.
Yamaha...RX-V 757 7.1 Receiver
Pioneer...Receiver, CD Player, Cassette Deck ( not used anymore)
Benq W100...DLP Projector..
Screen is a 106" 1.95:1 DIY 1.2 gain Vinyl faced MDF in a shadow box

The L&R speakers are mounted behind the side panels and the centre speaker is behind the bottom panel..
I have left sufficient space behind the top panel (also removeable) to mount the centre speaker if I need to..

All I have to do now is get back into the swing of things and finish it all off..

Cheers,
Prof..