Bro Art recently wrote:
"At the risk of being later proven incorrect, it appears that, at last, I have arrived at my permanent speaker configuration and interconnection arrangement"

I never even began to fall for that one!!!!!
Go Art!!!!
Enjoy,
God Bless,
Wayne

Hi Wayne,

Well, at least I did not actually move anything around (other than cables). However, I do have another challenge to resolve - this time in my movie sound system.

Two nights ago, I loaded a Blue Ray disc into my player and, to my surprise, the digital signal to my Sony STR DE 885 Receiver resulted in an intermittent sound. I watched the signal come and go on the front display of the receiver. This problem is a Blue-Ray problem only -- non-blue-ray discs play fine.

My setup has the disc player connected to my TV via HDMI. From the TV, I send a digital audio signal via optical cable to my Sony STR DE 885 5.1 AV Receiver. This receiver pre-dates blue-ray technology, so I suspect that there is some component in the signal itself which is not being processed correctly by the receiver.

If anyone can shed light regarding what might be different between a standard definition digital audio signal and a blue-ray digital audio signal, that would be helpful.

Art

New Update On Sheryl's Medical Condition:

Today, Sheryl got a call from Duke. Their pathology group had obtained tissue samples from the pathology group in Johnson City and, coupled with one of the blood tests done at Duke last Tuesday, they have determined that Sheryl has Myasthenia Gravis ("MG"). MG is a chronic auto-immune condition with a variety of symptomatic treatment options, but no known cure. Symptoms relate to muscle weakness in various locations. Symptom onset can be sudden or gradual.

A common co-condition is the presence of a thymoma (a tumor of the thymus gland). The Duke pathologists have confirmed that Sheryl's tumor is a thymoma. With these twin diagnoses, there is now no need for the surgical biopsy which was planned for Monday April 16. Sheryl's case has now been referred to two different Duke physicians - a medical oncologist and am MG specialist. She is awaiting a call from these two physicians to set up an appointment to discuss a plan to deal with her MG.

Because her thymoma is large and in an unusual orientation, it is likely that she will have chemo to shrink the thymoma before a surgical procedure to remove the thymoma. Removal of the thymoma may alleviate or eliminate further MG symptoms.

More after we talk to the Duke physicians.

Thanks to all for your prayers and concerns.

Art

Thank you, Art, for sharing what's happening in your and Sheryl's life..

This forum is more than just strangers comparing notes now and then. It's about friends, who care about each other, share a love of audio by the way, do love their audio systems, but above all do care about each other. Yes, I consider you all friends.

Hang in there, my friend. Audio stuff can wait. Do what you have to do.We're all thinking of you and praying for the best,

Rick

Thanks Rick,

New audio possibilities are on the back burner for the moment, so I'll play with and enjoy what I have.

Thanks for your concern and prayers.

Best,

Art

Prayers prayers, Bro Art and Sheryl.
Thanks for the update and I can only second what Bro Rick said, we are behind you guys all the way!!!!
Hang in there.
God Bless,
Wayne