Won auctions last week for 4 bookshelf speakers (Celestion F1) and a Yamaha RX-V373 receiver. Thought it would be a fun change from the monitors I've been using for the last 5 years (which are still being shipped).
Speaker wire arrived today and I spent an hour cutting and stripping them etc. to install the 2 front speakers.
Now, since the TS–RCA cable that will link my USB audio interface to the receiver won't arrive till tomorrow, I've just been listening to BBC Radio 3 and Classical FM all day. Headphones aside, this is the first really decent audio I've had in months, and I've really missed it.
2 speakers remain unused for now: I'm thinking I'll buy some ceiling mounts for them and install them as a quadraphonic setup when my shipment (with the sorely missed hammer drill) arrives.
Having a lot of fun doing all this. The funny thing is that I'm still sleeping on a stack of yoga mats because the "essentials" — in the shipment — have yet to arrive.