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You could use the headphone out, or if the TV's line outs if they are variable, to supply the speakers with signal. That will allow the TV's volume control to be used, and avoid the need of another remote. As for speakers, Audioengine is well received, or you could look through the studio...

Here is a graph from a site that uses an artificial ear. And for comparison; Bose in blue and Sony MDR-V6 in red.

Try a controlled listening test next time. :p ;)

Any chance of a change like that happening in our lifetime? :) What about the GedLee metric?

The Paradigm's are small speakers, and as such, there won't be a huge difference between their directivity and the Mirage's until past about 1kHz, so it's not so much that one uses reflected sound and the other doesn't, as it is that one has much wider high frequency desperation than the other...

If it may be a long time before you get a sub, get the 2031's. The 2030's have almost no bass. There is a connection between cabinet size and low frequency extension, but generally speaking, the smaller the cabinet the higher the low frequency roll-off will be. Usually smaller speakers...

I'd measure them... just to be sure. ;)

Nothing can be improved upon without the proper information, and in this case, the proper information is acoustical data from the inside of your room. So, you need to know what the frequency response is at your listening position. This is a great tool that will provide you with the data you need.

Yes, there have been some speakers past and present that have been 'neutral', or at least, fairly neutral. But certainly not all. In fact, if you want to limit yourself to absolutely neutral speakers, you could probably count on one hand the number of commercially available models. Not really...

Bi-wiring is done on the speaker side of the wire run, not the amplifier side; its done by interdependently wiring a speaker's HF and LF drivers to the same amplifier channel. So technically, any receiver can be bi-wired. Whether it's worth it or not is another matter...

Keeps the magic smoke in. :D

Limiting the amount of sound energy going toward the walls would be best in a room like that, perhaps something like this and small amount of absorption. Unfortunately, anything that is constant directivity and narrow dispersion will not be small. If you absolutely need a small speaker...

Are all the output meters -10 or -20, or just some of them? I think his system is active, if so, doing that could be dangerous to the tweeters.

Chuck Norris can gargle peanut butter. Chuck Norris actually died ten years ago, but the grim reaper hasn't had the guts to take him. When Chuck Norris walks into a room, he doesn't turn on a light; the darkness flees. Chuck Norris once fought Super Man on a bet; the looser had to wear...

Yeah, Firefox doesn't like "subwoofer" for example. I used to use ieSpell, before I switched to Firefox, and that has the ability to look up dictionary definitions. Helpful you're wondering if it's "their" or "they're".

Sort of. Depending on the SPL meter, the accuracy at high frequencies could be seriously deficient. And even if not, without a calibrated mic the results will still be a bit off, as every microphone will have its own inaccuracies. Now a bit of inaccuracy may not be a huge problem, but you...

I do not believe that is correct with regard to the S&V review of the AM-15, as Tom Nousaine mentions in his lab results: "the best response for all the satellites was obtained when the dual cubes were rotated about 15 degrees apart". Nevertheless, the biggest difference between the center...

"That did not go at all the way I had planned" I tend to use that one quite a lot.

It's not in room, but it is two vs. one.

Yep, and EQ can help too. :)