Mr. Polk the speaker designer.
He was nice and down to earth.
I asked him to give a 2.1 computer speakers and he obliged - he said it was a good business suggestion. He offered me to buy me esoteric pre/power amps which I had to turn down, since I couldn't reciprocate his kindness...
We chatted audio a few times and I thanked him for giving us pretty good sounding speakers for the main stream at a more than reasonable prices...Lately, his works have been getting more upscale for a little more money, if you want to check them out, with good reviews from the pros - still under $1000 per pair.
He also offered to draw up X-over for my speakers project - I wanted to place many drivers in my wall instead of enclosing them in a box.
What a smart, able, kind gentleman!
I also had a chance to talk to workers from the Bose and Niles speaker companies. They too were informative and nice...