I hear you Tunaglove, but with no alternative other than to live with the ridiculous lag, I just had to pony up / bite the bullet and do it...... But; good things are worth waiting for as they say. And hopefully any new alternative to SB will cost less than $329, or as w/ most new techno-goodies, in time, the price usually drops quite a bit. Right now SB has no competition that I'm aware of. Bob
EDIT: (Except Woody)