Interesting thread.
Same thing happened here. My wife wanted good sound from a speaker that was not hideous like my Bowers and Wilkins 802d3... So we ended up with walnut Sonus Faber Olympica 3 to match the furniture downstairs and I can tell you she enjoys that speaker.
We even had a designer come by to help with finishing up the house and not one objection was made with regards to the Sonus Fabers in the family room.
Same thing happened here. My wife wanted good sound from a speaker that was not hideous like my Bowers and Wilkins 802d3... So we ended up with walnut Sonus Faber Olympica 3 to match the furniture downstairs and I can tell you she enjoys that speaker.
We even had a designer come by to help with finishing up the house and not one objection was made with regards to the Sonus Fabers in the family room.