Thanks for the quick reply. So for your two rear jacks for the 7.1, you just have an empty all plate in the wall?

This is the main family room in the house, so I don't know that WAF will accept 7.1....5.1 was enough. I think I am more likely to get a dedicated theater room in the basement (she likes that idea actually) than 7.1 in the family room. Good suggestion though, I'll think about it.

Did you just leave the bare wire tied up somewhere in the walls, so when they drywall I know where it will be, and I put a hole in the wall to get it out again? Are there any wall plates that would be flush enough to fit the QS8?