Wal-mart?

I am glad you said that's street rumor because Wal-Mart unfortunately for some small shops has the same Pioneer units/speakers as the shops. At least in WI they do. Now what Pioneer used to do was mass produce units for the bigger companies, using cheap components. I'm not sure if they do this anymore. If you see something that you want get it there and save some cash.

thomas_51c wrote: Speaker and power wire can't be to much different. When you get into RCA I would be careful. Cheap RCA's can definitly cause system noise. The thing about Wal-Mart is that the brand doesn't mean anything. Take Pioneer for example. I love Pioneer. Wal-Mart sells Pioneer, but you will NOT see a single product on the official Pioneer web site that's the same as what's being sold at Wally world. MY guess is that sosche is the same way. See if you can find the stuff you saw any were else. The rumor is that brand names take there less than pefect parts (factory seconds) and make the products you see at WM. That last part is stricktly street rumor.