> I'm also setting up a '10 year system' and would strongly
> recommend 7.1
Stop that! You're supposed to be helping me trim costs, not increase them! ;-)
The right side of my brain actually keeps whispering about a 7.1 system, but each time the left side sticks its finger in its ear and loudly declares "I'm not listening, lalala" (my left brain isn't terribly mature on occasion). So for now, I'm vaguely planning to leave this as a future upgrade if neccessary (since it's one of those few upgrades that wouldn't obviate the need for anything I'll be buying now). Actually, I too am probably going with a Yamaha RX-V1400 receiver w/ DPL IIx, so that'll leave me room to consider augmenting the system with another pair of speakers in the future.
-spc
