As I said, I am not exactly sure how Audyssey works its mojo. I have looked through the "official" thread over at avs; however, it has 575+ pages and over 17K posts, so I skipped some parts. What I can say is that the sound is much clearer, dynamic, and enveloping than any other receiver I have tried thus far (which only includes my Yamaha 663, and Marantz 5001 with this particular setup). Also, it may limit how loudly you can play; however, I can't even come close to testing it as

Youthman has a good point about separates. If you are looking to stick with an all-in-one. I really like the Onkyo 876 I just purchased. It has plenty of power for my system, and easy to use calibration process, and the Reon chip for video duty. FWIW, my system is simliar to your's with RF-35s and RS-35s (however, I have an RC-64 for the center and a couple of old KG 3.5s for the rear). So far, the Onkyo is more than up to the task of driving the system. New, they can be found around 999-1200

I want to thank everyone for all of your help over the past few months. I could not have put together the system I did without your input and help (quite literally as serveral of the pieces were purchased from members here ). The home I recently moved into had a preexisting HT-style room. It had been built 10 or so years ago and had Bose system and a built-in area for a 4:3 style big screen. Initially, I wanted to put a prjector in the area; however, architectural constraints coupled with a desire

I just did the automatic Auydssey calibration on the 876 with 6 seating positions and fired up a few of my favorite scenes to test a HT with (the Matrix shootout in the lobby, the Bourne Identity car chase, and Transformers [a couple of different scenes]). The difference between the 876 and theYamaha 663 I had previously powering the system is unbelievable. The system really came alive and the sound was enveloping-finally it sounded like I had hoped it would. I only had about 15 minutes to enjoy

The new Audyssey version on the 876 can take up to 7 (maybe 8) seating positions. The system walks you through mic placement starting with the center most seatingplace in the area and then moving outward to the next seating space. In the end it calibrates based on the info from all of the spots. I am not sure how it works but have read that one of the advancements of it (this version) over previous ones is the number of seating positions it can measure and subsequently account for for calibration

Plummer-Those are some good points for sure. I am really liking the idea of a couple of rocks pointing towards the house. Two rocks should do it?

[quote user="colterphoto1"] I've got a Rock here if you'd like to give it a listen. I think I'm going to be installing it with a 800 SW sup on the building just about 15 feet away. Probably will hook it all up to a Crown D150 or similar amp. [/quote] Michael, I'll have to take you up on that. My Wife is up for either options (Rock or otherwise) so I'd like to take some time to listen to both options (and hearing a rock outside would be a big help).

Thanks for all of the input thus far!

I am trying to determine how I would go about wireing either option (hanging or rock speakers) to get them to the receiver in the house. Even though the receiver is just on the other side of the window, I'm not sure of how I would run wires from the the overhang to the family room. I should also check out the rock speakers, I haven't heard any decent brand of rock speakers, only the cheap ones.

Well, it looks like we are going to finally close on selling our previous house this week. I told my Wife that we would add a patio to our new house once we had officially closed on the old house. I want to add a couple of outdoor speakers and thought I would get some input from how others might go about doing this. The patio will be a poured concrete (exposed aggregate) patio that will be right at 500 square feet. It will go from the end of the windows on the left to the end of the windows on the