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What are your favorite speaker finishes?
I've always been a maple fan (any type) but my latest speakers are Indian Rosewood and they look rather striking.All the best,Nonoise 
TV between speakers: Curved Screen TV, help? Hurt?
I think the curved screen fad may have to do with having that IMAX experience in your own home but the screen would have to be the size of your longest wall to have the same effect. 
TV between speakers: Curved Screen TV, help? Hurt?
Theo, I'm from the same era and do the same thing. Funny that. 
TV between speakers: Curved Screen TV, help? Hurt?
Samsung also offers traditional flat screen TVs as well as the curved ones. They usually go for less. My situation is similar to yours as I have to have it all in the same room. Like I said, try to keep the drivers of the speakers out if front of ... 
TV between speakers: Curved Screen TV, help? Hurt?
I don't think that having a curved screen would help. I've gone so far as to drape a nice army surplus wool blanket over my plasma flatscreen and it really works. The trouble is I'm lazy and stopped using it and just gotten used to it.Positioning ... 
Smash and Grab at High end Store in San Francisco
There were 7 similar thefts in the Bay Area (using a vehicle to smash and grab) so it seems we have some rather brazen a**holes. An audio store, a camera store, a Wells Fargo museum, etc. Now this with Audeze really hits home. I'll never lose my g... 
Impact of speaker stands?
Although the height is where you want it, the foundation your speakers rest on isn't inert enough in my opinion. Isolation can't be achieved by use of foam and speakers to the degree necessary to isolate your speakers, not to mention the coupling ... 
Smash and Grab at High end Store in San Francisco
Did anyone determine whether the remaining stock sounded better or is an A/B test needed by driving another truck into the store? 
Kanye West - Grammy comment, re Beck
If one were to take the major labels out of the equation and allow more creative content without regards to sales, imagine just how long some of this mass market music would last. One really can't blame the artist if he's the one being marketed: h... 
too much acoustic treatment suck mids, shrill highs
95db is awfully loud to my ears so the first thing I'd do is not listen at those levels. I listen in the mid 70s db range and occasionally hit the 80s and it begins to pressurize my ears. My room is smaller than yours so I know the next thing to g... 
Clear Day Cables Speaker Cables
Schubert,Last weekend I put on Beethoven's 9th and was floored by the upper bass and lower mids that I got and I use just the single run Clear Day speaker cables. I've never heard the strings growl as they did with such tone, nuance and effect and... 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
"Per Il Mio Amore" by Robert Wolf 
Keeping dustcover looking new
Tls49 +1Novus or any decent motorcycle helmet shield polisher should work well. 
Einstein
I never found Einstein to be balanced but if he held the cables just so.... 
Agree or disagree with the following statement.
Not being able to understand specs worth a tinker's fart I have this ball made of crystal which allows me to see and hear things. Really.All the best,Nonoise