A couple quick updates. The great guys over at HTD.com offered me two options - either replace the midrange driver which is damaged or wait two weeks for a replacement tower speaker as they are out of stock. After talking with Chris at HTD, he advised me that it would be quite easy to replace the driver, so I took some allen wrenches, looked inside, and I can easily make this change, so I'm doing that instead of waiting for a new tower in two weeks.

The TV is still on the way. It will be in Los Angeles on Monday. Hoping for a Tuesday or Wednesday delivery. Still waiting...

Today my HD-A2 arrived from the wonderful Crutchfield. It came out on Monday, was shipped Monday, and arrived today, three days ahead of schedule. Since I now have every component that is going to go on the beautiful Sony TV stand, I hooked everything up earlier tonight using the wonderful cables from Monoprice.com. I ran into a slight problem though - I can't quite get the speaker wires to thread through the Denon's inputs. I think the problem stems from the fact that I'm using really thick speaker cable. Only the best.

So I placed another order at Monoprice for some banana clips which will make the connection one hundred times easier to make. Those clips should be here Tuesday or Wednesday along with the TV. I'm just not sure when exactly the new midrange driver will be here. Other than that, I've got everything hooked up perfectly I think.

For future reference:

Scientific Atlanta 8300HD Cable Box Connection:
Component Video Cables -» Component 1 on Denon
Digital Audio Cable -» Coaxial Audio 1

Toshiba HD-A2 HD-DVD Player Connection:
Audio & Video through HDMI -» HDMI 1

Nintendo Wii Connection:
Component Video -» Component 2 on Denon
Audio L/R -» CD L/R (Red & White)

D-Link MediaLounge HD Connection:
Audio & Video through HDMI -» HDMI 2

All powered through Belkin PureAV PF60.

All will be connected to Sony 60A2000 through HDMI.

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