Speakers least affected by room acoustics

Very helpful.. Have wool carpet. So a wool wall covering will help also. This helps both aesthetics and science to cooperate. Thank you !

Agree with Audiotroy.
No speakers or digital correction will cure bad room acoustics. In your case there is a solution and you won’t need wife acceptance because she will not notice it.
10 inches of rockwool on your ceiling supported by grid/strings and covered by 
sound permeable fabric. You can do it cheaply yourself. Of course thick carpeting and more sound deadening furniture would be helpful too.

Recordchanger we work with major celebs and work in multi million dollar homes.

Please PM us and we can show you how to do it tastefully,

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ