Gonk, thank you so much for your kind words. I'm happy to say I was very fortunate with regard to Katrina. I still have a roof over my head (no wind damage and no flooding -- I'm in a higher elevation area of Metairie, LA), I still have a car that runs perfectly (I drove it to evacuate to Lafayette, LA), and when I came back home, I still had a job and a paycheck. Obviously some higher plane of cosmic consciousness was watching over me. Actually, I just went on line and ordered the new RR2150 receiver. With the excellent review in Stereophile, there is a backlog and it will be about 2-3 weeks before they ship, which is perfect okay...I have plenty of toys to play with while I'm waiting! Thanks again so much for your reply.