hi guys

I need advice for my home theater setup, consisting of the equipment listed below. My question boils down to this: with the mac and projector on one side of the room and the projection screen and turntables on the far side, on which side should I place my receiver? I feel my receiver (bi-amping the Infinities) should be near the speakers, (future) center and turntables, to keep main speaker cables short. But if I want to use the faroudja upscaling capability of the receiver, the video cable (component to (component) HD D-sub15) needs to be just over 50 ft long... But if I place the amp near the projector, a whole bunch of speaker cables, optical and cinch audio interconnects need to travel that distance.

What placement and cable types and lengths would be best? Please advise!

Wouter Das

- iMac 24"
- Sony VLP-PX11 projector
- Sony STR-DA5200ES AV-receiver/scaler
- 2 x Marantz MA-500A mono amps
- Numark TTX turntables
- Playstation
- Elgato 610 eyeTV Digital cable TV
- AirTunes
- Infinity Kappa 90 front/main speakers
- Mirage Omnisat satelites
- no center or subwoofer (yet)