Speaker Placement/new component

Yes, I second HWY in that you should familiarize yourself with the new sound "before" you experiment with speaker position. Otherwise there are too many vaiables to deal with at once (for me anyway). Also,if you have to power down components when switching out gear you will want to wait until the system is steady again. I just wasted a lot of energy by being impatient and not following this simple concept recently.

no. speaker placement/alignment is much more dependent upon room characteristics than on the electronics driving them. once you find the "ideal" placement, it should remain the same for virtually all upgrades you make on the rest of the system. but then, i know of some folks who still adjust the vta for every lp they play!

I concur with Onhwy61 completely.