HT or 2ch

[Tiny]

I think I may be the anomaly here. Because of space and living in a rental I have no room for much of a theater, but I really like to have full surround with my movies as much as I like quality tunes, so I had to compromise. My front AV wall is as follows 36" JVC TV (not hidef), Yamaha HTR 5960, Xbox, Phillips DVD (Only because I have a bunch of divx formatted DVD's otherwise it would be only the XBox using component and toslink), VCR, Sansui 200 watt amp, and Sansui Turntable. (Also port my media center PC into this for DVR and HDTV watching) The speakers are 15" pioneers, a temporary center channel setup from 2 coaxial 6x9 pioneer boxes and a temporary Jensen Sub) The rear audio is a variety of rotating speakers but they are all full size ones. There is something to be said for being 7 to 10 feet from large rear audio speakers with a good amp. Also 7 channel stereo has its advantages when the small speaker is a vintage 12" behemoth. I really wish I hadn't sold the mcintosh's before getting into home theater.