I got the bug when I was young from my Dad.  I started off mainly interested in 2-Channel music systems a long time ago.   For the past several years I have found that most of the time I mainly listen to music in the backyard by the pool so over the last few years I've focused on improving the A/V experience for family viewing.   This system is in our main living area.  The house has a very open floor plan.  I started off with the Classic Fours Bi-amped and running through the NHT X2 crossover.  I found the side firing subwoofers in the Classic Fours sent the bass into the other areas of the house.  Adding the SVS sub made a significant improvement.   Happy with everything for now.  I had a very difficult time finding a media console that was suitable to hold everything and got the ok from the wife on aesthetics.   I worked with the owner of Standout Designs and he let me customize every detail that I wanted.