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Best Floorstanding Speaker under $1000 USD
Bought a pair of Vand. 1 ended up to be too big in my area. Returned them. However sounded pretty good but still far from what I am used to. 
Screen sound transparency
There are screens that passes through sound, so your acoustic treatment plan might work out with thenm. 
need advice on attaching banana plug to cables
No problem. 
How to hook up a subwoofer with an integrated amp?
I would suggest running Y instead of speaker cables.Since most preamps out there with 2 sets of output which the design just basically "Y" inside the chassis anyways, I don't think Y-ing the line level signal will accfect the sound as mush as Y-in... 
need advice on attaching banana plug to cables
crimp sleeve should work just ok.but honestly, if you are using crimp sleeve,you might as well buy some low mass solder-type banana plugs instead. At least they are lower in mass, and you will be soldering directly onto itWith the locking bananas ... 
what spkr do you suggest with a 12w /chanl amp ?
There are plenty of high efficency speakers out there. Don't worry! 12W is not that weak. I've tried 8W with excellent result with some very efficient speakers. 
The best sounding FM Tuner is.....
REL RECEDENTthen...McIntosh MR-78then...Marantz 10Bthen...McIntosh MR-71then...HH Scott 4310 
Top Ten Speaker Cables of all time?...
I have changed from this to that but still kept my Apex ICTL. Apex closed, and you don't see much of their wires reselling. One reason, they are good! 
Review: XLO 1.1 signature Interconnect
XLO has it's special sound characteristic which no one can match --- The Nice BassUp until nowadays, after 6 years, I am still in love with XLO products, especially the Signature Series they had.Their top-of-the-line cables are not cheap, but they... 
Top Ten Tuners of all Time??
Top 10 is just too much, how about this, I will give you top 51.) REL PrecedentThis is the best tuner I have ever had in my life. It's mono, you will need a Multiplex Adaptor; but the sound is very musical, the HI is transparent and the resolution... 
Best Floorstanding Speaker under $1000 USD
My reading room is 12' by 20' This is for my 3rd secondary system. It will be an audio setup only which plays mostly vocal & jazz, seldom calssical. 
Best Floorstanding Speaker under $1000 USD
Meadowlake is kind of too small for me. Anything larger? 
need a dvd player recommendation..
Onkyo coming out with a new universal player. It has 14 bit pictures and upsampling sound. Spec wise, it is beter than the Philips 963 in mnay way; but at $400 range, definitely the Philips! Denon & Sony also makes some good universal players. 
Red rose Affirmation made in china, any problems??
Both Taiwanesse (Usher...etc) and Chinese (Red Rose, Swan Diva / Dul'cet.... etc) has got some state-of-art speaker cabinets to offer. You want Sonus Faber cabinets with a smiles making price tag, they've got it! Chinese are very good at wood work... 
Red rose Affirmation made in china, any problems??
Not related at all. Just a satisfying customer. I have had both their integrated amp and speakers in my bedroom setup before I remodeled the room and was forced to let go this secondary system. You have to hear them to believe, for their performan...