Here's some speaker sales statistics that surprised me, when Matthew Polk gave them to me on a recent trip to Baltimore:

Total speaker sales in 2005: $358 million, up from $294 million in 2004.
Sales of conventional floorstanding speakers: $74 million!!!!

By far the largest-selling category was ceiling speakers, at $115 million, with in-wall speakers at $62 million, outdoor speakers at $53 million, and shelf speakers at $55 million.

Okay, this is kind of hard to explain so i've provided a link to a picture of my system that will allow you guys to understand it easier. I'm kind of stuck on this so any info you could give me would be great. http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/2108/subsetup1as8.jpg

John A. Emm labs seems to have a more realistically priced player out now...CDSA? Maybe different model..yu gonna review one soon, this thing suppoed to up sample CD to over 5
Mghz!! 2X of SACD. They claim it makes CD as close to SACD...hmmmmm. And probably with standard AC line cord...

In his review of the NAD M3 device, Mr. Fremer suggests using the NAD with a pair of $7,000 speakers. What are some good $7,000 speakers?

Well, I went to listened to the Chorus 726V but all they had available was the Chorus 714V...or the 816 and 826 (both out of my price range). The 714 sounded good and reminded me, somewhat, of the B&W 603, but there is a difference. Has anyone heard the 726V? I am looking for a 3-way and if the 726 sound compares to the BW 604, as the 714 did to the 603 I'll surely be buying the Focal. (It's much more appealing to the eye, also.)