How many NICE looking high end floor standing speaker are there at present

It’s interesting comparing what audiophiles think is acceptable or even “nice” looking to my wife’s opinion - pretty much everything mentioned in this thread gets a “HELL NO” from her. 😂 An exception is Audiovector - she said “this is ok” and I even convinced her to let me put a pair of the big SR 6 ($25k) in our living room. The SR 3 ($10k) is much more compact and even more manageable in terms of WAF. Boenicke is another one that a dealer told me is one of the few he can get spouses to accept, though my wife wasn’t crazy about it. Some Sonus Faber is ok too though too Italian bling for her tastes. Pretty much everything else gets labeled “coffins,” “ugly boxes,” “killer robots” or “DEAR GOD who came up with that” from her.

I saw them mentioned in someone’s earlier post, but I will throw our name in this hat, which is the Paradigm Persona’s. The 5F starting at $17k/pr (price depends on customization) is the model in my room (see profile pic) and you can get them in a wide array of colors and with, or without grill covers.

Our Design Studio allows you to customize the speaker much like how you would build a car on any automotive website. You may choose cabinet color, driver color, metal work and lens covers, and three different choices of grill cloth colors which can be added if you don’t like seeing the drivers - and there is a slide allowing you to see the grill on or off of the speaker.

If you don’t see a color you like, for an additional charge, pick a color and supply us the paint code and we’ll match it for the cabinet. I will also mention, the performance exceeds the look. The cabinet colors are illustrations and if you saw a color you think you’d be interested in, we can send the actual color sample to the dealer, if they don’t already have one, so that you can confirm it’s the color you want.

It’s fun to play around and create different looks. Here’s a quick link to build a 5F if you’re curious:

https://design.paradigm.com/en/persona/customize

Our Dealer Locator will allow you to find your closest Dealer if you’re interested in pursuing it further:

https://www.paradigm.com/en/dealer-locator

Good luck in your search and please feel free to reach out if you have further questions. Thank you for your time and any consideration!

Cheers,
Chris

KEF Blade or Blade 2 might do the trick for you.

Metoo, it's funny as I'm into personal audio too and am close friends with many IEM designers as well as DAP designers.  Most are in Asia and Europe for those reasons you stated above.  I can't go without my custom in ear monitors when traveling.  I love www.empireears.com as you can customize the face plates etc...  Looks are always important to most as are real world speakers.  It's a big reason my wife said the Vandersteen's work great since they are designed to go up against the wall and aren't boxy and can be painted or in beautiful wood.  

That's why I call them win win speakers.  Even my server is getting a new cool cabinet.  I get to pick the color of anodizing or car paint.  It's often fun to play with the looks of the gear if you can.

@taww
Thank you for your bringing up your wife's notions and responses, it's like her words on many items mentioned, taken out of MY mouth!
Please say hello, someone else is seconding her take away this stuff. 😏 
Michélle 🇿🇦