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Best Solid State Amp For 10k Or Less
My Pass Systems is just awesome,, Aleph P Preamp, Aleph 2 monoblocks. 
B K avr 307 matching speakers??
I use an older pair of Mirage 1090i, center and rears with a B&K Ref20 and B&K7250, match up very well. 
What are XLR inputs??
Balanced connectors will also get you a few more DB. 
Speaker Fetish
Can I join in on the Group Rate for a Shrink, I think I have CBD(complusive Buying Disorder) But I'm not a speaker freak. I love cables, I have AudioQuest, Tara, XLO, and more power cords. 
YBA power amps?
These things are really nice, Sound warm, small, and run cool. 
pick a DVD player for my HT
I wouldn't forget about the Toshiba SD9200, I think new it goes for 2,000 have seen then for about 1,200 on here 
Anyone has Marsh amp ?
There is shop in Phoenix AZ, Called Speakers Ect, that are carrying March Amps and maybe Preamps not sure on those. Nice looking stuff. Not sure of there number, but it's in the 602 area code, call info. 
YBA a Alpha HC
I don't own any YBA equipment but the dealer I goto carries it and it does sound very nice, warn , almost tuby not only that it runs very cool, compared to other class A equipment. I don't thing you can go wrong 
1 sub? 2 subs?
My girl almost died when I bought a 2nd sub, she is always yelling about how loud it is and how boomy the sound is. But as she learned by adding a second sub I could control the amount of bass and you could feel it and experience it during movies,... 
Which is better: separates or receiver?
I would look at separates, B&K ref 20 and matching 5 channel amp or Lexicon DC-1 upgraded, and sometype of good solid 5 chaneel amp, B&K, Rotel, Bryston(if you can afford one), The key is performance for the dollar with a possiblilty for u... 
Best Amp Under 3K
B&K makes nice stuff, there is better out there but at what cost. I use a B&K 7250 5 channel 200watt is very nice, but Cornfedboy is asking the right question. What are you trying to Acheive 5.1 DD, DTS, EX, or surrond 7. And howmuch room ... 
Selling a DirecTV Receiver
The hacking of H cards, is easy, even if they put an ECM out to zap your BIN #, within a hour a new Bin 1 is posted to the internet and you just go download it, and open the e3 hole and unloop the card and your back up in 20min. 
Help Need CD player for about 2k to 3k
It's a tie for me between the EMC-1 and YBA 3. Both are very nice players. 
Electrocompaniet EMC-1
Thanks for the tip, I had my EMC-1 on a glass table, not the best but I never thought it change the sound that dramaticlly. Does anyone know how the EMC-1 is tuned, my YBA dealer says that YBA CD played are tuned or twicked to placed on a wood sur... 
The best speaker you ever heard?
There is a shop in Phoenix AZ, called Speakers Ect. These guy build there own speakers, and are now building speakers without capacitors, and wow these things are just awesome, better then anything I have heard including some of the ones listed ab...