An update: Sputteringly huge thanks go out to kazama for walking through (over the phone no less, for well over an hour) his installation steps, enduring my prepared list of twenty questions, patiently working through my "lack of mental leap" regarding the speakers (and crossovers in particular - in the end the lightbulb finally went off), and just all manner of support. Well above and beyond - bravo!

I've arranged everything out on the dining room table (it's OK, I put a protective covering over it) and I now have a list of additional things to purchase, reality-check questions to be answered (WRT some of the products purchased), and we've got an attack plan.

I'll be documenting this very carefully as I go. As of now, we're a go for Friday morning.