just wanted to cap this thread with a "mission accomplished" - thanks to everyone who helped me with this. (especially to jcPanny)
used a Harman Kardon 3480, Rotel RMB1066, car speakers i put in an enclosure
6 pairs of JBL soundpoint speakers
Sonance Impedance Matchiing VC's
i used an old CRT PC monitor as a display connected using a tv tuner (which i forgot to take a picture of)
i bought most of this stuff over 2 years ago ... and i've only just run them all at once last saturday.
i burned my jazz/classical mp3's into one disc to have an endless cycle of music anywhere in the house

(public areas that is)