All 2nd the nice. Very cool present.
How was the sound? Did the furniture and carpeting add enough dampening?
Later....

Thanks for the compliments. At the time I was doing well for myself and my father certainly deserved it for all that he's done for me. It was a surprise as I installed it when he was on a vacation. The sound is very very good. There's definitely enough dampening and I don't notice any reflections.

Just make sure the glasses in the bar don't rattle!

990 PRE/PRO
cinenova grande 5
strata minis fronts
center and surrounds tbd

Pre/Pro: Outlaw 990
CD/DVD: Sony DVP-S9000ES
Amp: Parasound HCA 1205A
Mains: Monitor Audio Silver 7i
Surrounds: Monitor Audio Silver 3i
Center: Monitor Audio Silver 10i
Sub: M & K MX 105

Speakers

My speakers are all made by BIC America (not well known brand):

Center V52 CLR - 55Hz-20kHz - 90dB@1W/m - Nom Imp 8 ohms - Rec amp Power 5-125 watts

Fronts V-504 - 41Hz-20kHz - 89dB@1W/m - Nom Imp 6 ohms - Rec Amp Power 20-200 watts

Rears DV 62 - 43Hz-20kHz - 90dB@1W/m - Nom Imp 8 ohms - Rec Amp Power 5-130 watts

Powered Sub D-1010R - 20Hz-200Hz - Amp Power 160 watts

Display - Sony KV-40XBR800
Pre/Pro – Outlaw 990
Amp – Outlaw 7700
Zone 2 Amp Behringer A500
Primary DVD/DVD-A/SACD Player – Pioneer Elite DV-45A
CD Player – Sony CDP-545
CD Recorder – Phillips CDR 765
DVD Recorder – Panasonic DMR E515
Turntable – Technics SL-DL5
Secondary DVD Player – Sony DVP S530D
VHS – Sony SLV679HF
Nintendo Gamecube
Slim Devices Squeezebox 3
Apple 30gig 3rdgen iPod

These pics wee taken before I upgraded to the 7700 and before I added the Behringer A500

Pre/Pro: Outlaw 990
CD: Harmon Kardon FL8380
DVD: Yamaha DC-C6770
Amp: Outlaw 755, Outlaw 200 (2)
Mains: PSB 6T
Surrounds: Energy RVSS
Rear Surrounds: Energy Audissey A3+2
Center: Energy AC-300
Sub: Outlaw LFM 1 Plus
Monitor: Samsung HLM 507W
SatTV/DVR: Directv HD_DVR (HR20)
Sat Radio: Sirius SRH-550
Network Music Player: Roku M1000
Power Conditioner: Belkin PF40

See my signature.
990/7500 hopefully soon.

outlaw 990
parasound 1206 amp
pioneer sacd/dvd audio player
fronts:infinity kappa 7
center:infinity rs4b
rears:infinity rs5
(also have 3 pairs of kappa 5's I need to put to use)
subs: 1 12" rythmik audio direct servo
1 tc sounds 12" 1000 in a 2 cubic ft. box
sharp lcd 52" screen

Outlaw 990 AVP, Outlaw 770 amp, Infinity Beta 50 mains, Infinity Beta 360 center, Infinity IL10 surrounds, Velodyne CT-150 sub. Denon 2910 MDP, Pioneer PD-F908 100 disk CD player.