Wow - awesome response time, guys. I must say I feel honored to be getting responses from such noteworthy contributors. Thank you all very much. gonk - I actually did read through a bunch of the faqs you have posted. Full of really good information. I'm sure I speak for so many others when i say 'thank you'. It was a real help. Of course, most of the reading I did was after I started playing around with things are realized I didn't know what I was doing.

So I will go ahead and set the fronts to small, bump up the crossovers, and rerun the auto setup.

Soooo..... I'm thinking about grabbing a PS3 as by BD player..... seems that most people find that it's a pretty capable machine. Connects to the internet, has some internal storage, reads external memory devices, can stream media via wireless, etc. Any good reason why I should consider other devices? Finally, if I do go with the Sony PS3, what is the best way to connect it to the 990? Would I go HDMI straight to my TV, and run the audio to my 990? Which audio connection is best? I think I was reading something about 5 interconnects to the 990 (I have a 5 channel setup). Is the optical or digital coax not recommended? Did I read something about more sound formats being available for the separate ..... OK, I can see I have some homework to do. I'm off to Google up some answers before I waste too much more of your time asking questions I should probably be able to find the answers to.

Cheers!