Yeah, I think within the last decade or so HT's have become very popular among the rich. They all want to have the best HT in town. But as far as middle class goes, serious HT's (and my idea of serious means moving beyond a 32 inch screen and a pair of tower speakers) are still fairly rare.

I'm sure the numbers are steadily going up, but I still doubt more than 10% of the middle class owns a reciever and a 5.1 or better surround system.

My Stuff :

M80's
QS8's
VP150
EP800
Denon 4802
Emotiva XPA-3
Samsung BD-P3600
Sharp 65 Inch Aquos LCD