what speakers do the best "disappearing act"??

My two cents worth,I agree with the comments on the importance of room placement and for my other 2 cents,my friend owned a pair of 3.3`s and had great difficulty setting them up to a point where they sounded good.Even after numerous phone calls to NHT and tech support,never could get it right.We threw the manual out the window after the first couple days and tried getting creative but still a flop.He ended up selling them because of this.I am not slamming NHT or anything,just with my experience they seem to be not the most user friendly.

I agree with Catalogwiz - Apogees (I have Stages) do the best job of any speaker I've heard under $10k.

I have Vienna acoustics and Dynaudio,they both do the trick very well.

i think redkiwi and timperry are on the money. placement is everything. i owned a pair of 2.5i's. very hard to place because of the side firing woofer. they never lived up to the audiophile rating (but that is another matter indeed). infact if you look at nht web site 2.5-2.9-3.3 are all for dedicated listening rooms. where you can space them as they were designed to be. i sold my 2.5s and bought merlin vsm-ms. big difference...in sound and price (i have never looked back). unless you have the upgrade bug...try room treatments and placement. if not audition some of the others mentioned.

good luck / oh yes...my vote is for merlins

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