AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH that sounds like FUN. LOTR is unbelieveable, I was blown away. Our next HT/5.1 upgrade needs to be a visual one... We're still using our old Sony 27" trinitron, which can't do movies like that justice!!
Sounds like a fun group of people to hang with, I love audio discussions
That's why we do "hifi night" nearly every Thurs. To get together, listen to each other's rigs, and talk about hifi. Fun stuff.
Buy the Corian. We got it, that stuff rocks. So easy to clean, looks fab, and doesn't stain. That's bonus for the person who leaves a dripping bottle of red wine that would permanently stain other 'tops...
We didn't get the integrated sink, my wife wanted porcelain. I'm iffy. I'd rather have the built in sink... But her mom said she has lots of friend who have cracked their corian sinks by dropping small pots or pans; one woman dropped a 9" calphalon omelet pan and her sink cracked! Ahwell... I'm pretty careful, and if I did that with porcelain we'd chip it anyway...
Anyway, do buy the corian. That and ceramic tile were the best two splurges we made for our new house...