I want to thank you guy's for helping me out on the color situation, and especially to Rob for emailing me pics . In the end though, my wife chose black. We are replacing a def tech system with the Epic 80, but slowly, for the family room. I ordered and received the VP-150 in black to replace a C/L/R 2500, and I'm very impressed with this center speaker. I even went and tried it in my theater (in place of my ML Cinema center) and you know honestly I would be more than happy to use this speaker in my setup. This is a wonderful detailed speaker. I'm ordering the rears (QS8) on Monday, and the 80's after I sell the def tech mains. I'm also eager to get the 80's and try them in my theater in place of my ML's.