UPDATE: i got the new one (it works fine), but here's another example of my terrible luck:
i opened my DVD package from J&R today. it was the new Die Hard Trilogy THX/DTS special edition. anyway, i open it up to find --get this-- TWO copies of Die Hard 1 and ONE copy of Die Hard 3. no Die Hard...
i think that -combined- it has cost me the equivalent of about what is listed below. J&R owes me:
an Onkyo 989
7 of the B&W 801 speakers
2 SVS Ultras
Monster Cable all 'round
7-channel amp and pre-amp
an awesome projector and screen
Philips Pronto
Panasonic top-'o'-the-line DVD player...
after a few days with my 2nd Onkyo (the first 595 arrived DOA), i'm about to have to send it back to J&R AGAIN!!
today i tried to listen to a new cd thru the headphone jack and, as it turns out, the jack is patrially in mono or something. when i plug my Sennheiser HD-580s in, i hear great sound...