Well,after two bad weather delays,I have my 7.0 set. Two of the boxes were pretty well trashed, but only damage to speakers was one chip of finish on the base plate of one of the front speakers, this at the rear where it does'nt show. Without running Audyssy on my Onkyo the speakers are a big improvement over my old speakers, more presence and brighter sounding. I turned off my sub and made the fronts "large" to see how much bass they put out, not much. One problem is that my right surround is right next to my puter CRT monitor and the surround is not magnetically shielded, so for now I put the old Sony surround at that location in order to stop the distorted colors on my monitor. So far I am impressed by these Yambekas.