Thanks for the responses. A little late on the 'center channel first', but oh well ;) I'll play with the Synchrony S's in 5.1 and 7.1 and make up my mind which I like best. Because of a window in the side wall, they are about 24" behind the listening position. I've wired them in 7.1 for now, rear-facing will bounce off the rear walls, front-facing will aim slightly forward of the listening position. I'll play with the configuration over the weekend...oh darn! :)
I may be able to make the Sychrony C2 work...I'll look again. I'd prefer a matching center, that's a given....The wife is more concerned about the $$ than the size of the speakers, she's stated she's happy with the Kappa's, in hopes of me not selling a kidney to upgrade, probably.
Sardonyxx, I think I follow you about the Oppo...when you refer to using the analog outs, you mean the analog outs on the receiver/processor to an outboard amp? Or the analog outs on the Oppo to the receiver? The Yamaha is using 24/192 Burr-Brown DAC's according to their website. It appears for video I would want to run everything through the Oppo, then to the plazma. Thanks for the confirmation on what I was thinking about 'region free'.
I may be able to make the Sychrony C2 work...I'll look again. I'd prefer a matching center, that's a given....The wife is more concerned about the $$ than the size of the speakers, she's stated she's happy with the Kappa's, in hopes of me not selling a kidney to upgrade, probably.
Sardonyxx, I think I follow you about the Oppo...when you refer to using the analog outs, you mean the analog outs on the receiver/processor to an outboard amp? Or the analog outs on the Oppo to the receiver? The Yamaha is using 24/192 Burr-Brown DAC's according to their website. It appears for video I would want to run everything through the Oppo, then to the plazma. Thanks for the confirmation on what I was thinking about 'region free'.