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Accidentally left hot terminal jumper in place when bi-wiring. Damage potential?
nope no worries...unless you were bi-amping  
Can speakers cause mental illness?
should've been locked and stickied after the first reply. 
A vote for amber LED lights on components over blue lights.
Yeah,  blue lights are terrible in the dark.  Both my integrated amps have blinding blue lights,  fortunately my main integrated has the option to turn the evil blue light off. 
Best 6x9 Speakers
In the late 80's early 90's I had  a pair of Alpine 6909.  Two way paper cone/rubber surround with a pretty decent 1 inch soft some tweeter.   I let them go with the car when I traded it in...I regret that. 
Minimum standards within the High end speaker industry
Oh Ohhh....I think Kenjit thought he got a great deal on some leftover speakers being sold from the back of a white van at some point in his past. 
Are my standards too high?
Are your standards too high ?   Yes they are,   I’d just give up and buy the “Professional BY1050 Outdoor HIFI Column Speaker Wireless Bluetooth Speaker Subwoofer Sound Box”  on Wish.simply download the Wish app,  they sell for 2 dollars. 
4 or 8 ohm connection for a 6 ohm speaker?
Looking at the impedance curve for the CS2 measured by Stereophile I would’ve run the 8 ohm taps without thinking twice. The CS2 only hits a minimum of 6 ohms with a dip at about 170 hz whereas it’s at or above  8 ohms from 500 hz and up.  Below 1... 
How many NICE looking high end floor standing speaker are there at present
How many NICE looking high end floor standing speaker are there at present 84 
Paradigm PDR-10 Connection Question
You can also use the same 8 ohm taps your speakers are connected to. 
Paradigm PDR-10 Connection Question
Should be fine to connect the PDR-10 to the 4 ohm terminals. The input impedance of the subs speaker level inputs is into the thousands of ohms  It Won’t affect anything. 
Unbelievable
The whole list of features is overdone hype especially Carefully crafted laminated plywood enclosure made of Japanese white birch from the island of Hokkaido. but I love how they finish the list with a simple  and very understated "frequency divid... 
Are dB meters on smartphones accurate?
The "SPLnFFT"  app is pretty good for the iOS platform 
Upgrades for Thiel CS 3.6?
There is a drop-in replacement soft dome tweeter diaphragm available for the 3.6 tweeter.. The 2 user reviews are very positive. One reported an improvement after it broke in.Scanspeak dome assembly D3004. (the 3.6 uses a Vifa D26AG36-04 Tweeter b... 
Guest suddenly takes it upon herself to move my speakers
To add to my previous post,  If you're trying to get into her pants don't bring it up.....and get used to your speakers being moved. :-) 
Guest suddenly takes it upon herself to move my speakers
Cut her some slack, In her mind it was probably the equivalent of turning a portable radio around on the picnic table so she could hear better.At least she cared enough to get better sound for her listening position...that earns her 3.7 points.Jus...