> it all leads. The real question will be just how much bass material 
 > will there 
 > actually be in the rear channels. You don't want to throw a lot of 
        But that's my point.  It doesn't *matter* how much bass is in the 
rear channels if it's under 80Hz or so (or especially 40Hz), because your 
brain can't localize that bass anyhow.  Adding more subs for the rear 
channels (or full range speakers) is just going to cause interference 
patterns in the room that will be hard to deal with.   Furthermore, it's just 
a waste of money you could better use towards the decoder or what not.  Have 
you read the June edition of Audio magazine and the article they have 
specifically on subwoofers for AC-3?  It's the article you've been looking 
for.  I personally would take the word of anyone that's trying to sell me 
something with a grain of salt.  Audio is fairly unbiased.  They aren't 
dealing with any particular manufacturer in this article.
 >        I am going to wait and do it all at once, in a year or so. 
        Yeah, I'll probably have to wait that long anyhow.  It's just too 
expensive to do it right all at once...for me anyways.  (and that's without 
any subwoofers to worry about)  Between the extra amps, center channel 
speaker, and that expensive Lexicon processor and a new laserdisc player with 
an AC-3 port on it, it'll be awhile.  I'm going to start with getting an amp 
for the rear channels (actually I'm thinking of using the TFM-35x for that 
and getting a TFM-55x for the main channels) and a passive surround decoder 
that attaches to a tape loop.  From there, I'll probably add the center 
channel speaker.  Then, either the cheapest version of the Lexicon, which 
I'll eventually upgrade or the laserdisc player.  I'm actually waiting more 
along the lines for stereo surround CDs, be it DVDs or what not.  I don't 
watch *that* many movies to be worth *that* much money for home theater 
sound.  I listen to music probably 20x as often as a movie on the stereo.
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