Axiom_Man,
I would listen to AV Rant 191. This was put together by two guest hosts, while Tom was moving to Australia last summer. I remember listening to it last summer and being blown away by the amount of very good information about almost everything you need to know about putting together a home theater room. I'd heard or read just about everything that they talked about at some point (a lot of which I had forgotten), but it is all here in one location to listen to and take notes. If I remember correctly, they address nearly all questions that have been asked here. They also talked about much much more. Here is a link.
http://www.avrant.com/?p=1449
