Budget floorstading with a good waf.... Help

I would throw the later model Thiels into the mix. The only speaker my wife ever had a positive word for were the Thiel CS 1.6s. I also owned the Audio Physic Tempo IVs which she thought were ok but really just looked the other way.
It seemed to me it was the sloped baffle which makes them less obtrusive. I like the look of the new Sonus Faber speakers.

For about $500 more than the Aria, you may want to at least audition the Monitor Audio GX200, which feature a ribbon tweeter. Nice looking speaker.

Q #1: What comprises the rest of your system? System synergy matters - big time. Soliciting random, ad hoc and blind suggestions will only get you heavily biased personal value judgements at best; with no assurances that they will even work with your system.

(2) what is your budget?

Every time I hear a Focal I'm struck with how clear they are .