Horn Speaker Recommendations

Actually, My spouse loves the look of the Avantgarde speakers and hORNS Universum.  I am lucky.

This is about form over function , center/conversation piece , it appears

Precisely. WAF over sound quality

It's not that simple 

I strive for top quality sound but I don't want my sitting room to look like an audio lab. It's not just the wife who cares but me, too.  Everything has compromises somewhere. 

dromme - hardly....at the budget I am talking about I sincerely doubt the sound quality or function as you say will be compromised.  Have you compared Avantgarde versus Klipsch or JBL?  Are you open minded to Odeon, hORNS, Avantgarde, Anima?