I'm even further south in Sunny San Diego. I've been a Marantz fan ever since college days when I had a 1060 amp along with the 1105B tuner. Now it's an SR4500 av receiver, the OPPO DV-981HD, and a Westinghouse 720 lcd. So far it's just the M3's and the VP100 center, and an AV123 X-sub to round it out. I won't even mention the surrounds....