I went ahead and placed a Factory Direct order for the following:
2 - M80's
2 - QS8
2 - FMSQS Stands
1 - VP150
All speakers in Black Oak

Maybe they will be anxious to ship out and pull some new ones .You know, just in case the dollar falls more

I want to thank EVERYONE who has bared with me and has helped answer questions. I really look forward to hearing these.

I was going to place a order for the Emotiva XPA-5 as well, but they seems to have sold out already

I promise to take pictures of the boxes as well as the speakers when the arrive as well!

Welcome to our ever-growing family.
You will simply LOVE these speakers (platonicly, of course, altough you have me worried with your "bared with me" ).

Good for you zzyyzx!

I ordered factory direct 17 days ago, and I just got shipping notification today. This is going to be the longest part of the wait! I ordered 2-M80's, 2-EP500's, 1-VP150 in black oak too (I already have 4-QS8's in black oak). I'll be putting pix up too once they are set up.

Clearly you havn't been hanging around the shoutbox in the wee hours of the morning

Great! Hope all goes well on the shipping

I only found one flaw on the back of my ep500 out of an entire epic 80/500 5.1 setup. Def. worth the wait and the Additional $300+ dollars I saved

That is fantastic! In fact I don't think I've read one thread about anything bigger then a scuff or scratch at most. There seems to be more comments on the fact that people don't see anything at all.

I figured gorilla shipping would cause a couple of scuffs anyway

GRATZ!
Be prepared to listen to your entire music and movie collection all over again!

Welcome and congrats on your speaker purchase.