[Sybaris]

Thanks for the suggestions.

1. I plan on making the speaker set-up as minimally intrusive as possible, nothing on the floor or protruding. The wall where the TV will go is actually one side of an empty walk-in closet so I have plenty of space to run cable/wires, inset the TV, mains, center and sub(s). I will have to build bulkheads about 1.5'X1.5' square along the length of the two side walls where the walls meet the ceiling. There's an A/C vent recently put in and to make it symetrical the bulkheads are necessary. The bulkheads can house side and rear speakers. The back wall opens out to a hot tub and since those doors are glass I'll probably build another bulkhead that will house remote controlled blinds and a rear center channel speaker.

2. The room will be for HT only

3. I've always been partial to Klipsch. Got an old pair of Forte's and they are as sweet today as they were 20 years ago new.

4. I don't have any components for HT. I studied a lot of brands some years ago and was drawn to Denons products. I recently looked at their site and I don't recognize anything anymore but they did have this A/V Receiver selector and for the variables I input it spit out the AVR-2308CI and AVR-888 as being compatible for my needs. Just to mention, I don't need multi-zone or networking. My TV however will be 1080p plasma. I also have a lot of DVDs so would upscaling be a feature to look for or maybe let the DVD player do the upscaling (if possible)?

5. Budget: Well, I can't hear a cricket fart so I'm not real concerned about audiophile level of quality. I'd like to see what I could do with 5k.

thanks