my wife has tentatively given the go ahead on black for me as well, was surprised she did not go with some sort of color as she is not a big fan of black furniture. Pretty much the same size room as you and same set of equipment to be ordered soon. Grats on the purchase. btw, how long did they tell you before the speakers ship? I have not been able to find anything that says how fast orders ship, whether stuff is in stock or they have to make it first.