Hey all, thanks for kind thoughts I am fine and luckily I was not badly affected by the miniature cyclone but a few people I know were not so lucky, the property damage was significant.
So, where's the amp? Don't know. I was assuming from what i was told that it was due any day now, not so, I have been watching the bhse thread like a hawk and the last official update indicates that the initial roll-out was to see how the shipping goes. I assume this is to check if the packaging is adequate, which it wasn't in one case with the amp arriving damaged. I have tried many times throughout this year to get a confirmation on the expected date for postage, the last one was end of July of this year. As you all can probably tell it has been very challenging to get anything concrete and it is hard to judge the accuracy of the proposed deadlines for shipping. If I were to make a prediction I would say begining of February next year for delivery to my door.
This whole saga has been extremely embarrassing and frustrating, I genuinely had not realised how long this process takes when putting my name down for this cable review. I do wish that I had stuck to my guns earlier in the year when I offered to bow out of the review. I am willing to remove myself still and if Sezai feels that this ridiculous situation has gone on long enough (as I do), then I will leave it to him to make the call.
Thanks to everyone for your patience.