Friend's Home Theater Has Been Set Up

A friend and I recently set up a 5.1 home theater at my friend's place. The home theater consists of: Audio Concepts Inc. Protege V speakers (right and left), Protege (center), ELT surround speakers, ELT subwoofer (with 350 watt amp), and a Denon AVR-2805 receiver. We hooked up the speakers with Monster cable, and then, we hooked up the DVD and laser disc player with digital cable. (We still need to get a projector, and we'll get that soon.) After we connected the components, we used the Denon receiver's auto setup to calibrate the speakers using the supplied microphone. Then, we tried ACI's test CD and some music with bass to set up the subwoofer. We adjusted the subwoofer's phase, crossover, and level until we got a pleasing, balanced bass response—not boomy. So, we've got a great home theater system for listening to music and watching movies (on a 32 inch TV my friend already had). The surround system sounds quite good, but I do think Denon's user manual for the AVR-2805 could be better. They should have clearer step-by-step instructions that would make setting up the system easier. Nevertheless, I'd still recommend getting the Denon receiver as its price and performance are quite good. Well, I'll be going over my friend's place on occasion to enjoy movies and music on a great home theater system!