Thanks guys;

- Yes, exact same speaker wires. Admittedly 18 gage, but it was only a few feet for testing. I'm using 14 Gage in the house.

- A decent bass line, a bit of Avril Lavigne and some Buddha Bar. I'm 42 and eclectic.

- Volume control is thru a little device which connects to the amp via Cat5. It's a whole house unit, with six hard wired remote controllers. Nice package.

It seems strange - especially after reading the reviews on the T2/M2 etc. Amp is only 50 watts and the speakers can take 150.

Weird.