Best speaker a wife would tolerate

Hey Fleone, I'd like to help ya more. But I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to get ride of my 16x16x15 inch sub and replace it with two 27Lx16Hx16W subs without my wife noticing. And you thought you had problems. Any ideas. Good luck to ya.

Sonus Faber Amati Homage, Bohlender-Graebener in-wall ribbons, Gradient Revolutions (can go up against wall and still sound great because of unique directional bass loading). Or better yet, get her involved in the selection process - honoring her preferences is good for the marriage, and could be a lot of fun. If she's really into this feng shui energy stuff, she might be open to the idea that beautiful music can completely change the energy in a room, in a home, and in the people who live there.

My wife listened to B&W 805s, Linn Ninkas, and Linn AV5140s. We ended up with the 5140s -- without the grills -- even though they were the largest pair she listened to. Reasons: Paul Simon & The Matrix both sound wonderful on them; although they're big, they're pretty attractive (cherry finish)... She actually encouraged buying them, said she was trying to break my Protestant-guilt upbringing...

I saw a post by Cornfedboy where he talked of the new Avalon speaker called the Symbol. Very nice looking speaker.
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You have gotten good suggestions, I would also try: Gallo [ http://www.roundsound.com ] , the very beautiful JMlab Utopia series, (the best-looking box speaker) especially check out the micro utopia [ http://www.focal.tm.fr/gb/home/utopia/index.htm ]. Martin Logan [ http://www.martinlogan.com ] a long shot but you never know what will be aesthetically appealing.