@whart currently in the Dallas area. Considering moving to Atlanta or maybe Nashville but it's really the same story there. Same cookie cutter style that my wife loves. We have young kids so we don't have the luxury of living just anywhere based on finding the perfect house.. It has to be in the right schools, in the right neighborhood, and all that.. that equals cookie cutter for the most part. And for whatever reasons, housewives have demanded this open-concept fire place where my system should go look. I swear it was by design by housewives everywhere.
I agree that when staging a house to sell, a lovely family portrait above fire place sells better than massive speakers a half mile of cables expertly hidden in the nooks and crannies..
Speaking of.... are you amazed at how many men come into your home and don't comment or even look twice at the system you're so proud of?
If I went into someones home and they had a pair of speakers as tall as me and a system with cool lights, I'd at least be attracted and give kudos! Makes it easy cull friends at least.