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Nice post and I like having a resident audiophile at Unpluggd.

The Audioengine A5 speakers are interesting. I like the built in Apple Airport express functionality. It's a great feature, but, as a result, the speakers must be hooked together with the left speaker being connected via wire to the right.

I'm not a fan of that, but, I understand Audioengine's need to build them that way to support the Apple Airport. These speakers are not going to be right next to each other and you will need to run a wire from the source to the left speaker and then left speaker to the right speaker. It's just a goofy wiring hiding job. This issue would be compounded if you wanted to grow this system to a 5.1 system in the future and use these as the left and right channel.

I rock the M-Audio BX5a monitors on my computer they are priced competitively to the offerings above, but, are completely black instead of 'panda' or bamboo colored. They have a blue LED on them. These speakers will rock your space.

Consider the color of the LED when purchasing these types of speakers. It kills the ambiance when you have a rainbow of LED lights lit up everywhere.

In re: to the universal remotes, I consider this a must have item. The concept of integrating an Ipod as your remote is novel, but, I prefer the Logitech Harmony series. The idea of a universal remote is all about reducing complexity. If you can't get it configured perfectly, my fear with the recommended options above, it is useless. The Harmony configuration is amazing. Plug into your computer, decide what you want it to do, tell it your devices and it just works INTUITIVELY. I had a receiver that was not on their device list and they integrated it in within 48 hours. That is the kind of customer service that makes the remote just so good. I consider it the best tech investment I have made on my home in years.

Paint it and apply a Threadless vinyl decal from whatisblik.com. I've seen this done with amazing results.

You rock Art. I'm placing an order. I was looking for exactly this.

Thanks for the info dmstudio. Your space looks great.