If you are going to replace your current system then I have only one recommendation, Onkyo. I just went through this process myself a few months ago, and after much research and himming and hawing over everything I decided on Onkyo. Their systems seem to be about the best systems that you can get short of spending 1k plus on a single speaker. The reviews and sound qualitites placed higher than even some of the well known higher end systems, i.e. Bose. Better quality for half the price. This would be considered a mid-level system, i.e. not htitb, and run you anywhere from $350-$700 for a 7.1 system. You can buy them at Amazon for a better price then at most retail stores. Check out the Onkyo website while you're at it.

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Ya, mine was against the wall too, against the baseboards. Somehow, something happened...

Anyway, hope it works out!

We took the receiver and subwoofer to Best Buy. They gave us no trouble and are going to send it out for repair. We still have 2 years left on the warranty so it will be fixed for free.

It definitely is the receiver. When we unplugged all the other speakers and just left the subwoofer plugged it, it made the noises still. The Geek Squad member said that if they can't fix it then they can just give us a new one, same model.

All I could think was good luck with that because Philips has said that they don't support or make that model anymore.

I was kinda hoping I would just get some money back for the plan I bought at least instead of them fixing it lol. We've been looking at different ones. I am getting a little more tax money than planned back because of school tuition so we are thinking of just replacing it anyway since it is a cheap system. We are just not looking forward to messing with the wires again.

We did find one we liked. It had 2 HDMI inputs and 3 component inputs which is what we needed (all 4 of our consoles all use component except for the PS3). However, the front speakers are those tall ones that sit on the floor. And with our bratty feline friend, we are afraid that he will knock them down or use them as a stratching post. They seem like that they would be tough to knock down but our cat is 14 pounds of muscle and still runs around like a kitten.

I looked at Onkyo's website and they are a little pricey. We are looking at CNET reviews too.