My latest victory over audio ignorance was a smashing success! A co-worker had about a $1,200 tax refund burning a hole in her purse and wanted a HT system. She was asking moi about "spam in a can" or HTIB. I said, "gimme that money and some time and I'll get you the hook up for the same change.. OR LESS!!!". She bit, what can I say... she's cheap and this is what I got her.

Onkyo 601 - Used ebay $377.00
CSW Center channel plus- Used ebay $76.00
HSU VTF-2 - Used ebay $391.00
TV - She had
DVD - She had
Mains - ADS bookshelf $60.00
Rears - D A's $25.00
Misc cables and wire $80.00

Total (drum roll please)........... $1,009 give or take a root beer!!!!!

All this done with either ebay or my cast-off's and she's happy as a clam. It ain't the best HT I've ever done but it's better than any HTIB she or I have ever seen. All her friends and (the best test out there) the "neighbor kids" go "ooohhhh" and "ahhhhh". Another person saved from "chain store" ignorance. How ignorant? She had no idea what 5.1 meant. She never even knew what a subwoofer was!!!!

She thought the VTF was huge!!!! But I hid it next to a chair as an end table, put a doily on it and she was mollified. We did all of this in a very small living room. Luckily we were able to run wire through the floor and along the basement ceiling. She was a hell of a stickler for "visual conguity". The CSW center fit her TV like it was made for it. It's quite the low profile affair. She damn near had a orgasm when I slapped that puppy on top of ther TV. She'd seen my Klipsch C7 and had nightmares of something similar.

"Well my work here is done come along Squanto...
HiHo Sliver!!!! OyVey!!!!"

Da Wiley Worfster