| Thanks for the responses, they've been very helpful so far!
Ignore my optical comment. Both the STB and the 360 are on HDMI connections, and from what I'm reading, pose no quality threat against optical connections.
Given your explanation of the channels, Peench, what would you (or anyone) say to someone who has their couch against the wall, directly between what would become the rear speakers? Should I start rearrangement plans to put the couch in the middle of the room where it "should" be? :P
So I seem to have specific suggestions for SVS and Hsu.. anyone else wanna flash their gang symbol in here?
I would say 'money is no object', but obviously I don't want to spend more than the cost of my TV on the receiver alone.
What kind of differences would I want to anticipate for a 'tower' type of speaker (the tall, slim one if I don't have my vocabulary correct) over the standard box-type? Or are they all pretty much towers these days?
Any other 'gotchas' I should be looking out for that I haven't specifically asked about? Or to put it a better way, were there any specific things that you were surprised with during your experiences? | 
