New member in the shack. I have been reading it for about a year. I guess I start a the begining....I am probably about Sonnies age, Have been a stereo geek for many, many years. About 1988 I bought a Adcom 555, a sony ES CD player and a set of freid speakers. The freid lasted about 3 months and then bought a pair of JBL L100T's. I still have all of it......the adcom is broken, the jbl's need new surrounds. To progress on, all the stereo stuff was moved to the shop when we started a family. I did buy a Hitachi big screen and a yamaha 5.1 with box speakers. I have been stuck with that for about 6 years. I did build a sub with dual 12,s to satisfy bass addiction. Moving on.....Finally I am getting started on my semi-dedicated HT room!!!!!! I really enjoy the willingness of members here to help so I hope to show the progress and hopefully not ask to many dumb questions. Not to ramble on to long....just want to say thanx for a wonderfull forum. Pugi