best wife friendly monitor?

If I had that many CDs I'd be worrying more about what the speakers sounded like and think of another stragegy for the marital bliss. :). I am not sure if you think monitors sound better or if you think they have a better WAF. To me, a floor stander is much better to look at (of course my wife might not agree). In my mind the sonus fabers, as pointed out by jb3, are stunning.

Another vote for the Caravelle monitors.

I would go for the Tylers (no bias, of course). ;-)

The PCS is also a good speaker... I think either of the two would work well.

---Dave

Whoa.. with all due respect, I'd be carefull about calling the B&W 805 series - 'wife' friendly. I've been in showrooms and actually heard comments like, "I'll be damned if that's going in our living room", and "it looks like a miners light is staring at me".. If you chose B&W, I'd highly recommend not surprising your wife with them.. Don't think you'll get much complaint though with Dynaudios birdseye maple-sonically or esthetically .. good luck!

How about Harbeth compact 7s. They're a bit bigger than monitors but they look beautifully retro. and sound great.