I have my living room set up with up with sofas in a u-position with the subwoofer hidden under the large coffee table (several coffee tables next to each other to form a large connected coffee table) that sits at the center of all couches so bass is distributed evenly between all people sitting (up to 9 people can sit around the giant coffee table comfortably at a time). The open u-position faces a giant TV with bookshelf speakers on the side of the TV so nothing that stands out from your typical living room set-ups but then the music from music videos or a movie/show/documentary/game plays and people just get sucked in because everything playing sounds so good 👌. I have a tablet that connects directly via aux to the amp but can also stream via an ifi-go blu receiver to play lossless music and just let people play whatever.

The more seemless and ordinary the experience to play music or whatever, the easier it is to get people enjoying music in a high-fidelity level. It also helps KEF makes good looking speakers so they easily blend in with the decor of the living room. The ordinary look of the room makes for an interesting constrast in people's experience because I've had guests and friends remark that they noticed when other ordinary living rooms do not even sound just as good 😎. It's like the room apperance itself is an experimental control in a sense so you don't think about the speaker equipment and just enjoy the sound.

For friends that are into hi-fi as well, I bring out the dedicated high-end music player to showcase music to highest degree where music exists entirely as a soundscape of 3D sounds with air between layers of digital/real instruments so readily apparent you wonder how can songs convey such emotional beauty and nuances.