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The Snob Appeal Premium
Prestige is a marketing strategy designed to convince you to live as a reflection in someone else’s eyes. No one really cares about your speakers.   
PS Audio Aspen FR20: Planar Floorstanding Speakers
Instead of critiquing them,   
PS Audio Aspen FR20: Planar Floorstanding Speakers
Instead of her taking the photograph, you may want to simply listen to them. They are fabulous.  
What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first?
Joseph Audio Magico YG Acoustics Yamaha NS-5000 go to a consumer electronics show  
What speakers with Bel Canto
YG Acoustics. Peaks line  
What speakers with Bel Canto
Joseph Audio  
What speakers with Bel Canto
Joseph Audio  
When are speakers considered Hi-Fi and not Mid-Fi???
Bose is MidFi. Everything else is HiFi.  
the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data?
Andrew Jones Was with TAD before Elac. Perhaps best speaker engineer.    
Joseph Audio: Perspectives and Pearls
Is the KMD 700R using the same Seas driver?  I know Joseph Audio has them built  to specs, so manufacturers may have them “tweaked.”  Your friend must be single because the KMD 700Rs probably have the lowest WAF in the entire universe of speakers.   
Integrating speakers into contemporary decor - can WAF ever be overcome?
WAF cannot be overcome but is subject to negotiation.   
the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data?
Listen to monitors at an audio show. You will know when you hear it. Audio memory is short so back-to-back comparisons help.   
How to prevent visitors from touching your system
I stream most of my music and teach friends how to run the apps. They control the systems and have no reason to touch anything.  The housekeeper is an entirely different problem.  Ripped the stylus off of the phono cartridge with a cloth.   
Joseph Audio Perspective next steps
Bel Canto Black EX. Add IsoAcoustic Giga 2.   
Joseph Audio Perspective next steps
Joseph Audio Perspective2 fan. They are as good as I have heard, but I use a 15” sub with them. 18’ x 35’ x 10’ room with no problem. Used them in a similarly sized room without a sub; no problem. Just returned from AXPONA.  The Perspectives are s...