So, after acquiring my old audio equipment from my mom's garage, I set about installing a very basic home stereo setup.  My plan was to run the audio from the DVD, VCR, and Cable through the Pioneer, and run separate cables to the TV for video.  This might have worked decently, if not for my wife's insistence that there be NO big speakers up front.  I think her quote was something like, "If I have to have those hideous things in my house, they are going to be hidden (from my friends)!"  I added that last part, but I am sure thats what she meant.  What about my friends?

In any event, I worked diligently to install said speakers, but when it came time to run the speaker wire, I faced a dilemma.  How can I run these wires without either a) duct taping them to the floor (like in college), or b) leaving them out for people to trip on?  The answer is c) run them under the carpet.  I am sure this is highly illegal in the apartment world, but after a few hard-learned lessons, I figured it out. 

Huzzah!  The speakers were in place, sounded great, and looked, umm, great too.  The only problem is that the sounds you expected to be coming from the front (like voices) were in fact coming from the sides, which proved to be a little too disconcerting.