I do have great surround sound with the vast majority of movies but I find that the rears add absolutely nothing. However, I do continue to have challenges with DPLIIx and Neo6. The vast majority of music doesn't sound better in these modes. Some music however sounds absolutely incredible. One idea I had was to send my side signals to my rears and do away with the sides to see what kind of a difference that would make. Has anyone tried that?

I finally got cable today for a free trial (not free for the cable company though as it had to spend a couple of grand to upgrade the infrastructure). Cable TV sounds absolutely incredible with DPLIIx when I make my surrounds very hot. The picture however is a different story. I prefer watching cable on my PC as opposed to my 32" LCD Samsung. Windows Media Centre works great by the way for recording programs.

Homedad, my sweet wife had some not so sweet things to say about your suggestions .