video about taking delivery of large electrostatic panels that replaced my TADs.

emailists, thank you for the kind words and invitation! 

Experiment with the placement, especially toe in. Some ESL manufacturers have rigid rules regarding toe in, but I never limit myself to manufacturer's placement limitations. I have found that often toeing them in according to my preference for the balance of center image characteristics vs. soundstage characteristics is preferable to being captive to someone else's placement demands (i.e., that they must be placed parallel to the head wall, with no toe in). 

Another tip, this one mentioned in my book, is that for taller speakers, it can be beneficial to tilt them forward a bit. With my tall speakers such as the Legacy Audio Whisper or the King III, I place an approx. 1/4" thick coaster under each back footer in order to push the speaker, and  consequently, the front baffle, forward slightly. 

When that is done, it becomes obvious that in the native position, a large amount of the output of the speaker shoots overhead and is not appreciated. With slight toe in and slight forward lean on the panel, the experience is fundamentally different, imo, fundamentally better. Especially enjoyable is how much more the center image is denser. It is so pleasing to my ears that I will not use the King III without the slight toe in and forward lean.

Obviously, I am not encouraging any severe lean that destabilizes the speaker. Care must be taken especially if smaller children are in the home. 

Beautiful speakers. I bet they sound wonderful as well. Congratulations.

Congratulations!  Very cool video and I could hear the differences between the TAD and Prodigio speakers clearly.

I would love to have tad speakers although not sure about the bookshelves.

You have a very large room and I'm not sure how bookshelf speakers makes sense and I guess it's good to change them out. Out of all the bookshelves that are out there, maybe tad would be the best choice but still it's such a large room.

Even with really nice speakers, isn't your room a bit of an echo chamber aside from all the challenges to fill the space.

I have several genres of speakers used in reviewing, and when any of them are set up well, they are captivating. It would be difficult to make a blanket statement that one genre is superior to another (not suggesting that is your assertion). My friends ask me, "Which speaker is your favorite?" I reply, "Whichever one is playing in the listening room!" 

Great summation of speakers, but also the high-end in general, Douglas.  It's all different, but nevertheless most of what's considered to be outstanding, is indeed outstanding in its own right.  Trade-offs>pros>cons are always present (but as ol Blue Eyes intoned "That's Life").  Eventually, we decide on speakers and enjoy.  But wouldn't it be nice to have a two story warehouse where speakers could be easily hauled up & out of the way on elevators, to be easily replaced by a different pair of speakers du jour.  

Given all of the speakers that are available picking a pair is a daunting task. My advice re speakers is to pick a type -- i.e., boxed cones and domes, open baffles, hybrids of those combinations, horns and planars (ribbons, magnetics, electrostats etc.).  But most importantly, don't rule out a type until you try them and generally, a preference of type will emerge.  Once that happens, at the very least the decision making and speaker field to-choose-from is slimmed down a might bit...  

With my first system, I chose speed & transparency with AMT (Air Motion Transformer) hybrids and that type stuck.  Later I had Apogees and then Martin Logans and now SoundLabs, which I would be VERY hard pressed to diverge from.  My latest SoundLabs are ~8'H x 3W', 198lb Majestic 845PX's. 

My son and his friend were the lucky movers of the 845's into the walk-out basement. Fortunately both young men are audiophiles and have a clue about our wacky hobby.  Even then, after the move, their comments were -- never again splattered with some choice expletives!! SoundLabs being either a 45 or 90 degree curved design, they're not too bad when carrying them with their bellies down, but then try to flip them over, so they will fit through a door and hence, the "never again" statement.

At any rate @emailists, welcome to the stat owners club!!