Since I am new, this is what I've got in my modest set up. Comments and suggestions good, bad and ugly welcome.

VIDEO: Samsung 30" HDTV Widescreen
CABLE/SAT: Motorola Hi-Def Cable Box
DVD PLAYER: Denon DVD-1000 Player (Waiting for HD DVD before upgrade)
CD PLAYER: Denon CD-380 5 disc Carousel
VCR: Sony SLV 900 HiFi VCR
PRE AMP/AMP: Outlaw 950/7100 Combo
MAINS: Mission M74
CENTER: Mission M7C1
SURROUNDS: Mission M7DS
REARS: Mission M71
SUB: Mission ASI 700 (Thinking of upgrading to LFM-1)
INTERCONNECTS: Outlaw copper and optical
SPEAKER WIRE: Monster 12 ga XP

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Thanks Wayne,

My living room dimensions are 12X15X16 (yeah I know pretty small for 7.1, but the openess caused by the vaulted ceilings can really take the punch out of the sound if you do not have enough power behind it.

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If you have the power, vaulted ceiling do give you a great sense of openess and space that is not attainable in a box, otherwise they suck the wind right out of your sails. I have a friend with a Denon 80w 6.1 receiver with vaulted ceilings and he has to turn it up to 00 to attain close to the effect that I can produce at -20, love that 7100. I guess I got lucky because I have fairly good seperation and the bass does not get a severe overlap or boominess. My home has a fair amount of open space, so it does tend to be acoustically forgiving

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System update.

I upgraded my center channel so this is the new lay out, I like to keep everything up to date. As usual comments and questions are welcome, good, bad or ugly.

PRE AMP/AMP: Outlaw 950/7100 Combo
VIDEO: Samsung 30" HDTV Widescreen
CABLE/SAT: Motorola Hi-Def Cable Box
DVD PLAYER: Denon DVD-1000 Player
CD PLAYER: Denon CD-380 5 disc Carousel
VCR: Sony SLV 900 HiFi VCR
POWER CONDITIONER: Monster Power 3500 MK2
MAINS: Mission M74
CENTER: Mission M7C2 (Replaced M7C1)
SURROUNDS: Mission M7DS
REARS: Mission M71
SUB: Mission ASI 700
INTERCONNECTS: Outlaw copper and optical
SPEAKER WIRE: Monster 12 ga XP