I'm trying to decide on in ceiling speakers & new receiver for my home theatre and the following brands have been recommended, I was looking for any recommendations or thoughts on the perceived best brands from this forum:

Speakers: B&W (CCM80), Polk Audio (LC60I), Boston Acoustics, Infinity, Yamaha, Bose

Receiver: Denon or Yamaha

Thanks in advance for any and all thoughts/suggestions!

I've come into possession of a pair of Infinity Studio Monitor 150 speakers, and would like to hook them up in such a way as to allow me to play music from an ipod or computer. I would also like to be able to use them when watching movies.

Unfortunately, I know nothing about these things. Can I do them? I know I need a receiver. What kind of receiver? I've got my father's old Bang and Olufsen, but it's analog. Might it work? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

RDH

Hi All,

I am relatively new to the hifi game, and recently purchased a pair of Dali Ikon 6 Speakers, along with Nad 325Bee and 525Bee Combo.

After a housewarming party, where a speaker was accidently knocked and landed on the cd player, I have noticed a hiss coming from both tweeters (l + r). This only occurs when sound goes through them, is completely silent otherwise.

Has anyone any suggestions? The speakers have never been driven to high volume.

Cheers

Thanks to Stereophile for 3 well-written reviews of SACD/CD/universal players in the current issue. After reading them, my impression was that the Muse Polyhymnia player was a nightmare to operate, and that the Marantz player had the best lab measurements of all three players. Among the three players, I didn't see anything that would make someone consider spending an addition $5-6K over the cost of the Marantz if their interest was in Red Book CD or 2-channel SACD.