Speaker recommendation for married couple

Sonus Faber have a high WAF plus exceptional sound. Maybe mix it up and steer away from Brit companies: Revel, etc. Vandersteens a tough sell: they are butt ugly.

Agree with audiotroy in that it is odd that she liked both KEF LS50 and Sonus Faber which are two totally different animals.  I went through this with my wife as well and came to the conclusion that she didn't like the "sound" of anything that looked like a plain, old fashion speaker box (e.g. Harbeth, Spendor)

I've never heard of a wife who really cared about speakers except for appearance sake. If a truck pulled up in front of my house with ten sets of speakers, my wife wouldn't say one word. How sweet it is! Joe

  Were the Sonus Fabers & LS50 paired with the same amp? Same room? Same source/music?
  I wasn't overly impressed by the KEF LS50 either, but their new Reference 1 are rather amazing, if they're in your budget. The R300 or R500 might also be options.
  And what didn't she like about the Harbeths anyway?  (Its probably not relevant to your situation, but my GF & I settled on ProAcs--still having the British midrange I enjoy, but framed in the more lively & bassy presentation she craves.)
 
  

Agree with audiotroy in that it is odd that she liked both KEF LS50 and Sonus Faber which are two totally different animals.

Maybe totally different sonically, but perhaps they were the two smallest speakers that she saw.  ;^)

I recall my wife many years ago pushing for those cute little Bose Cube speakers. She thought they were adorably unobtrusive, unlike my "normal" full range speakers.
She envisioned them being very easy to "hide".

I never did buy the Bose Cubes, and eventually she just gave up trying to steer my audio purchases. I allow her to run her fashion sense in every other room in the house.