OMG.
Our brains must be on a similar wavelength!
Just for fun, I was asking myself what I would get as an "alternative" or "2nd" system - just for fun.
And I thought about FIVE NHT Classic Three + the Classic U2 dual Subwoofer system.
2 things I was concentrating on:
1) Pure Direct mode for 2.0 music.
I would connect the Pre-Out from the Pre-Pro to the Stereo Inputs of the NHT X1. Then connect the Stereo Hi-Pass Output of the X1 to my external amplifiers (I also "fantasized" about getting FIVE NHT A1 monoblocks
).
2) Having Separate Amps from the Subwoofer/Speakers.
There is a reason why speaker/subwoofer drivers get a longer warranty period than the amps. It's because amps tend to malfunction more frequently compared to the speaker drivers. So having everything SEPARATE is IMO the preferred route.
I wonder if NHT will come out with a replacement to their old discontinued Pre-Pro to include more HDMI I/Os and HD-Audio, etc.?
So I imagined having 5 NHT Classic Three + NHT Classic U2 + 5 NHT A1 monoblocks + NHT Pre-Pro.
P.S.
I prefer a vertical Center speaker to a horizontal one, and having 5 identical speakers is theorectically more ideal.
P.P.S.
Oh, and I also imagined getting a 82" Mitsubishi DLP HDTV for $3,600 (free S/H) from amazon.