Following closely on the embarrassing heels of the Republican's Lirpa 2009 budget plan ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/nyregion/01election.html?th&emc=th

"A mere 65 votes separated the two candidates late Tuesday in a Congressional contest in upstate New York that received national attention and was widely seen as a referendum on the Obama administration

First, let me say how much I appreciate the time and patience everyone has exhibited in answering questions in this forum. I am sure at times it gets rather tedious and repetitious but rest assured it is appreciated!
My question:

Is there anything I can do to replace an old Bose surround system that hums but drives 1.2 ohm speakers throughout the home. Bose is telling me I need to scrap the amps because they don't support them any longer, need to scrap the speakers and all of the in wall wiring. Are there any systems out there that will drive 1.2 ohm speakers?

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/03/22/country_discovery_is_reel_find/?page=1

No fooling:

Eye Color and Pure Tone Hearing Threshold

It turns out and audiophile's eye color can factor in to his auditory abilities.

A couple of questions, if I might ...
1) The difference between balanced and unbalanced output and why one might choose one vs. the other.
2) Difference between Voltage Mode and Current Mode and, again, why one might select one vs. the other.
Thank you,
Jeff

"Do you think things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have gotten pretty seriously off on the wrong track?"

http://www.pollingreport.com/right.htm

http://www.pollingreport.com/obama_job.htm

http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm

Republicans are geared up to announce their "alternative" budget plan on April Fool's Day! That after announcing their no-budget figures budget plan last week.

If that ain't a joke, I don't know what is.