Depends what I'm watching and what time it is. More often than not, I just use the TV speakers. I rarely turn on the surround system anymore. About the only time I use the stereo anymore is when I need to use my headphones due to watching something with loud sex scenes or watching something at 3 AM, where I don't want my little sister in the next room hearing it or getting woke up by it. And there've been a few cases, ususaly bad dubs of Hong Kong action flicks, where the audio was less than satisfactory and I had to use headphones just to hear it clear enough to understand. I just use a pair of $1.99 Maganavox headphones I got at Marcs (kinda a cross between a Rite Aid and a Big Lots) with a 20 foot extension cord from Radio Shack. Granted, most cheap headphones are for shit, but I've really been impressed by the Magnavox ones and have stuck with them. They've lasted years now (at least my indoor ones, the ones I use with my portable get beat up after a year or so), when every pair of expensive Sony brand ones I've ever had lasted maybe a day or two past the 90 day warranty.