My receiver was scheduled by UPS to be delivered today, but checking the status online, I saw a description I had never seen before: "ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAUSED THIS DELAY". So apparently my receiver is running a day late - it's still up in L.A. and not at the Anaheim station my packages are usually delivered from. No big deal really - I've got no TV to pair it with, but I had hoped to have all my components in before the TV (except the DVD Player - which hasn't been released yet).

The stand is still on time as far as I know - I should be receiving a call from them today to schedule delivery. I'm also hoping the freight company that shipped my TV will call today as well so I can schedule both the stand and TV for delivery on the same date.

Also, been researching new speakers - since what's the point of a home theater upgrade with cheap sub-$200 speakers (all 6 of them under $200 - not each). Right now I'm looking at HTD's level 2 or 3 series. Level 2 would set me back about $1000 while the Level 3's would be about $1500. I'm not sure the difference would be huge in my current listening space, but having the upgraded speakers would be quite nice if/when I move out and have more room to play with.

The other alternative is a set of Athena Audition series speakers. They run about $800 or so for a full set, $900 with the upgraded front speakers. I've just heard differing reviews of them and heard great things about the Level 3's, hence, me leaning heavily in that direction right now.

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