<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">thank you for your suggestion. I'll wait until I have an environment in which to try equipment before I decide.<DIV>Question: does your 3rd sentence mean you don't think active speakers hooked up to the dvd player are going to provide enough sound?</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 18, 2007, at 5:39 PM, G S wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="background-color:"><P>the decision about speakers and power is all about the size of the environment. i would try the player with an amp and speakers and/or try the player with powered speakers, and measure the output by ear according to the room size. i don't think speakers without power hooked up directly to the output of a dvd player are gonna do any justice</P><BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #a0c6e5 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR clear="all"><HR> <A href="http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2755??PS=47575" target="_top">The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by Experian.</A><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">MacProAudio mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:MacProAudio@listserver.themacintoshguy.com">MacProAudio@listserver.themacintoshguy.com</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macproaudio">http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macproaudio</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><A href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984">http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>