Thank you very much guys!!!
What does Gain Control mean, in KISS language. Its sort of a volume control???
Ron you lost me on "HK with pre-outs as my pre/pro and have the Carver running my surrounds currently. So if your AVR has a full set of pre-outs"

ahhhh HK = Harman Kardon
whats: pre-outs as my pre/pro
Right now I dont have a AVR, should I stay away from the main stream stuff like Sony, JVC..... that cost $250... I dont listen to radio much. The only drawback I would have is when I want to watch a movie after listening to cds, just swapping RCAs in the back of an amp.
The Carver is used one from a guy locally, how should I test it? Some one told me that if I set the volume half there should be no background noise at the speakers???
Thank you guys!!!
