Hi Jerry,

I've just finished putting the finishing touches to my home cinema / audio server.

It comes in 3 parts a HTPC machine connected to the 861 and to the projector. A touchpanel (optional) and a Raid 5 server box (essentially file storage).

I am running

Media Center (audio)
TheaterTek (DVD)
Exact Audio Copy (CD ripping)
SmartRipper 2.41 (DVD ripping).
Main Lobby Suite (control)

To take each component in turn easiest first

Raid 5 Server

This is simply a big box with 6 disks in a hot-swapable raid 5 array ~1TB storage at the moment. It contains my entire music collection (un-compressed) and I am starting to rip my DVDs to it too.
I intent to upgrade to ~6TB of storage once 350Gig disks are available.

TouchScreen
Very lightweight pc with a LCD touchscreen. Uses main lobby in client mode - essentially controls the HTPC. It allows to be choose from ripped music and films and also surf web etc.

HTPC.

This is a very quiet high spec machine that attaches to the 861 and projector. It has a RME digi-pad sound card which by-passes the KMixer so no nasty sampling. The video is a Radeon 9800 pro. Media Center handles the music library and Theatertek shows the DVDs.

Chris

2 Meridian 7200SE Speakers, 17 Meridian DSP750 Speakers, 8 Meridian DSP730 Speakers, 8 Meridian DSW-600 Subwoofers, 3 Meridian DSP640.2 Speakers, 24 Meridian DSP320 Speakers, 3 Meridian 271 Digital Cinema Controller, 7 Meridian 218, 1 Meridian 818 v3, 1 Trinnov Altitude 32 Processor, 1 Trinnov Altitude 16 Processor, Barco Freya+