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Small family living room floor-standing speakers?

I’m looking for speakers to upgrade my music listening and provide audio for a 58” TV. The speakers have to be both wife and child-friendly. Don’t need to rock the room, but want the speakers to sonically disappear as much as possible. I need a small footprint. Budget flexible,around $1-2K. Used or new is okay.

15’ x 20’ living room, TV and sofa on opposite walls. Speakers on either side of the TV, against the wall--no space to place them away from the wall.

Stereo: Sony V-FET TA-4650 amp, server-based FLAC library of CD’s, Squeezebox system, Rhapsody streaming, Rotel CD player.

Considering: Totem (Arro?), Epos, Monitor Audio, PSB, Paradigm. I'm wary of the sound quality of on-wall speakers--is that fair?

Ideas? Thanks!
andrewhess
chashas1
596 posts
 
Totem Arros! Big sound with small footprint, attractive to women.
andrewhess OP
2 posts
 
Update: I'm leaning toward the Arros, for the footprint, musicality, and this:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1072128436

--it seems Arros are very forgiving about rear wall placement.

I also found that Totem has a wall-mount accesory for Dreamcatchers, but I think it'll look stranger than having floor-standing.

Which have a better sound--Dreamcatchers or Arros?
realremo
460 posts
 
agree on strange-looking result when mounting box-speakers on a wall. Totem has an entire line that is designed for wall mounting and these look pretty tight:
http://totemacoustic.com/english/hi-fi/on-wall/
RE Dreamcatcher vs. Arro, I would definitely say Arro because of the better frequency range, you will be using these as fronts, so I recommend something that has better low end, and bigger sound, than a bookshelf. I also recommend cutting/folding a piece of paper to the width and depth of the arro, placing that on the floor, then extending a tape measure to the height of the speaker. This will help you visualize it in your living room. They might be smaller than you think!
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