Home Theater Setup Questions

I am new to the home theater game and wanted to get some suggestions before I spend the money for a system. This setup will be in my living room that is 22'L x 19'W with HUGE vaulted ceilings. Therefore, I'm concerned that 5 speaker surround would get lost in the space and not be worth the money. So I'm considering either a nice set of floorstanding speakers with built in subs or bookshelves with a seperate sub. Any suggestions on which of the three would be best for this type of room? The system would be used 95% for TV and movies and 5% for music.

The A/V War

The A/V War

<I>Ars Technica</I> has a fascinating piece on personal electronics in the war zone. There's an image of a gunner with his iPod fastened to his Fritz helmet that's worthy of iconic status.

Keep those rags and machines hummin'

Keep those rags and machines hummin'

One distinguishing mark of the "old" music business, i.e. the one before downloads, the one that made buckets of money, the one where half of my friends <I>used</I> to work, was that it was so big that folks on say, the classical side, had no idea who worked on the rock side. Even within the same company. They were different planets.

Paradise Underground

Paradise Underground

Baldasare Forestiere created an underground dwelling that included a network of 100 niches, courts, patios, and passageways, including plantings of trees such as Strawberry, Carob, Jujube, citrus (sometimes multiple graftings on single trunks), Pomegranate, Mulberry, Date Palm, Avocado, Quince, and Persimmon.

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