I got a slightly early Christmas gift from Outlaw this year - an SMS-1. Well, technically it came from my wife since she wrote the check, but it was apparently at Outlaw's suggestion. It's going to take me some time to get a good handle on it. Tonight I probably won't even get it hooked up and it clearly is a complex enough piece of gear to warrant some thought, but I've got Friday afternoon all to myself to play with it (office closes at noon, but wife and daughter will not be home until later that day). My application is a single subwoofer so the very interesting debate about multiple subs won't factor into my system, but some time next week I'll let you all know how the SMS-1 works for me.

Edit: shortly after posting this, I noticed the Secrets best of 2005 awards . A few notable entries include the often-discussed Oppo (best budget DVD player) and the Velodyne SMS-1 (best audio processor). Neat!