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Does it leave your body like a bat out of hell?

No, but it's always melodramatic and over-the-top.

CV - I think I'd go with the same color too unless they won't be anywhere near your mains. (i.e. stuck in the back two corners of the room, or something like that).

Plus, when you bring dates home in the future (hope springs eternal), you don't want them saying.... "eew, why don't they all match?!"

Never underestimate the ability of a girlfriend or wife to notice things that don't match. I sometimes experiment with my wife and put one sock on inside out just to time her. She nails me before breakfast is done, every time.

"That's cute. One hangs lower than the other."

Manly retort: "Oh yeah?! Well, one of yours is bigger than the other!"

Not that I would ever (EVAR) condone actually saying that.

Matching is fine, but I don't think things have to be the exact same finish to match. I'm sure any wife or girlfriend I may have one day won't want me to wear outfits that are completely one color, so I can see how someone might criticize all of the many speakers around the room being the same finish. I think I probably SHOULD go with all Boston Cherry on this one, but mainly due to the iffiness of subwoofer placement. Right now, close to mid-wall placement works well for my EP600, but I have no idea where the subs will be once I've moved my home theater into the basement. As such, I don't know how far from the other speakers they'll be, and if the different color really achieves any sort of balance.

I was kind of wondering a bit about the same thing in terms of vertical or horizontal, with midwall placement the horizontal position might look good/be less obtrusive, but I stuck with vertical because it seemed more flexible in case the sub crawl pushes me into a corner I don't anticipate. Of course as Jason/Myrison pointed out I could always switch from horizontal to vertical later (as he did) but that would be easier than switching colors if you wound up wanting the subs to be near enough to the fronts that you wanted them to blend in visually in terms of color, therefore BC seems a safer choice overall and less worrisome, although not necessarily the most optimal given what will emerge later when you move your HT. What does your intuition say? Are you feeling lucky? With lifestyle choices I prefer intuition, why not reap the benefits or suffer the consequences based on what seems obvious to you rather than second guess yourself and wind up with something you're not quite satisfied with and yet not quite sure if you should regret. BTW research suggests that when we overthink choices such as these we are more likely to pick wrong. I feel sure you'll make the right choice, and if not, you'll fix it and make it better.

That is where we come in and confuse all who try to overthink thus eliminating the process, this way only the correct choice can be made.

Exactly!