Speakers which always sound good

@rixthetrick....at least a townhouse Mstrbdrm doesn't have the real estate some do, rivaling the entire apartments I've lived in...

Some of the smaller 'infill housing' that's sprung up in this area have lower floors the size of your master.  A set of modest bookshelves could overdrive the space with a modest amp.....

"Dinners' Ready!"

"WHAT?!" *Hit 'mute', and even the silence is deafening....*

...adding 10' ceilings turn the 'living space' into a slightly distorted cube....the only option is to turn it into a padded cell...

"Straightjackets optional @ additional cost...."

@rcprince , I believe you're correct in your assumption; although the siren call of the dedicated audio room is tempting, most would like the music where one 'lives' as opposed to withdrawing into...

Spouse shares that desire, but wants something a bit more 'plug 'n play'. 
A 'shared space system' that doesn't require an instruction manual to play an LP, a CD, listen to NPR or Spotify, and yet can be used for the flat screen for a DVD or a sat movie.

I've got the concept in mind for How to accomplish this....we're slowly getting the space to do so a reality....

*sigh*  Another story, long....I don't seem to have many short ones of late...

I have Maggie's and also Definitive Technology Mythos ST's  Love the Maggie's but they do need their space and a high watt/current amplifier.  With the Mythos I've had them in three different homes and they always sound good. They are not ported, have built in sub woofers and all in a aluminum enclosure. Matched with the proper amplifier they sound surprisingly good! If you can find a used pair they can be had for a reasonable price.

Three things:
1. room
2. books and records behind and in front of speakers
3. planar swarm

The two best rooms I have heard both used several pairs of Quad ESL's. The first uses 3 pairs of stacked Quad 57's - it snapped into focus when the last bookshelf was populated.

The other is my own, which snapped into focus when I moved a pair of 2805's and a pair of 2905's into a quasi-circular arrangement facing the listening position. The long wall, which is faced with books and records, is immediately behind the speakers which face a wall of mainly records and equipment. The listening position is only 2.5 meters from the speakers, but frequency response is pretty much flat down to low 40's.

....as long as I include the Maggies' into the shared system, I'm halfway There...*L*

The only story I find amusing of late is of the cursing parrots....;)

Really kind of surprised no one has brought up JBL studio monitors with the butt-cheek tweets, or line arrays.