Ideas on speaker like Magnepan but with high WAF

In some ways I feel that a good pair of minimonitors comes closest to
approximating the planar speaker experience for these reasons:

1) Well engineered mini-monitors have more of the total price in the drivers,
and therefore can be very light and fast. This is required to approximate the
full-range planar experience.
2) Mini-monitors, having small, thick walls, are less prone to panel
resonances and box coloration than large floorstanders.
3) The small front baffle of a mini-monitor nearly eliminates baffle diffraction
and provides a cleaner, more precise image than a speaker with a large, esp.
wide baffle.

However, given that Maggies are dipoles and fire an equally loud signal to the
rear while creating a self-canceling void to the sides, they energize the room
differently than minis or omnis. The room's sidewalls figure less into the
overall sound equation with Maggies.

Omnidirectionals throw a big soundstage and have a near universal sweet
spot. When the tonal balance is right (and of the ones I've heard, they're
usually very good at this), they sound very natural and the entire listening
room has largely the same tonal balance. The image stays stable relative to
the speakers regardless of where you choose to sit or stand. My 2-channel
analog-sourced rig is anchored by a pair of Mirage OMD-15 omnis. These s/b
pretty WAF-friendly as they are small elegantly shaped and finished columns.
If you need bigger w/more bass to fill a bigger room, they offer the OMD-28s
which are only a couple inches bigger in each dimension but have more
sophisticated drivers and bass that reaches into the 20's.

If you want some magic and beautiful unobtrusive speakers, get a pair of B&W
PM1 minimonitors and supplement them with their outstanding, well-
matched PV1D sub.This combo is stunning in its honest tonality,transparency,
soundstage, and imaging. Everything about this rig draws you into the music
and makes you forget you're listening to speakers, let alone whether they're
panels, cones, or omnis. And they're so cute your wife will want to take them
home like a golden retriever puppy.

Mirage OMD28.

http://www.amazon.com/Mirage-OMD28-Black-Floorstanding-Loudspeaker/dp/B000WVAW6O

I second the OMD-28 suggestion. Here's The Absolute Sound review, which concludes:

...your response to the OMD- 28s may have much to do with how you react to their spatial characteristics. If, like me, you favor a speaker that gets out of the way and simply lets the music flow and breathe upon soundstages of realistic size and scale, then Mirage’s OMD-28s could be your entry ticket to levels of musical realism....

Martens bought the review pair. Available at Vanns.com. They are significantly smaller in-room than Maggie 3.7s--11"w x 46"h x 13"d, and they reach effortlessly into the mid-20s.

My primary speakers for the past 4 years have been the OMD-28's little brother, the OMD-15. They throw an excellent, realistic and totally stable soundstage that scales well to the music playing. If I had the space and funds I'd have the OMD-28s in a heartbeat. These were $7500 speakers and considered a bargain at that price.

For hi WAF hard to beat Sonus Faber...they look gorgeous...sound even better...

In light of some of the humorous suggestions above (ET LFT-8, seriously???) I would offer that you need to apply a little psychology to the situation.

When a married man hears his wife say something like "Gee honey, those speakers are awfully big" or "It sure would be nice to be able to walk into the living room from the main entry, instead of having to come into the room through the garage", he assumes that that his bride is simply wishing that he would immediately go out and purchase some new speakers that are a little more attractive or a little smaller.

That would be incorrect. What his wife almost always means is that she wants the speakers to disappear completely. As in Poof!, gone. Now if you have a particularly loving and agreeable wife, she may graciously allow you to play music, as long as she doesn't have to see those unsightly box things. And if you are unlucky, you will probably be instructed to also rid her room of the equally unsightly rack or cabinet, sell the gear and put the money into the kids 529B college fund. Or braces for Jr. Or a couples retreat to work on your relationship skills. You get the idea...