The new ThunderStorm skin is nice but I'm not much for purple, so I created a modified version I called ThunderStorm Gold. The modified skin can be downloaded... HERE (http://www.earlyretiremint.com/temp/thunderstormgold.zip).
It's not perfect, but I like it much better than the original.
It doesn't have an install package, just install the default ThunderStorm skin, copy and save the ThunderStorm folder as ThunderStormOld, or just zip to a file, (so you can go back without re-installing it). Then unzip the new modified skin into the original ThunderStorm folder.
I've also included a tweaked version of the "Stereo" Visualization. Just copy "Stereo.mjv" to the "...Media Center\Visualizations\Vis Studio\Spectrum Analyzer" folder. Again it would be wise to save acopy of the old version in case you don't like the new one.