Speaker recommendation for married couple

Notes from the wife :)

She just described Teo Audio Game Changer IC’s discussed here and sold there. "Organic" would best describe their output. Of course, these are not speakers but they definitely have what she’s looking for. Perhaps, procure a pair and then bring them to speaker auditions. 30 day trial w/refund.

Certainly listen/look again to the Sonus Fabers... The Olympica 1 may be found used in the $ 3k price range... I have Oly II's and my wife likes the cosmetic appearance for our space better than any box style speaker... the Sonus Faber Olympica series is finely crafted and looks like sculpture...  For the best sound they must have proper placement and that includes about 2' of air around them.  Sonus also has some lesser priced models that are quite entertaining.

In my case the Sonus Fabers were replacing some older B&W speakers that looked like boxed robots... She loved the look of the Oly's so it was a non issue for us... and she loves the sound too.. Female vocals, live jazz and acoustic recordings are amazingly enjoyable on the Sonus Oly's.. Older rock can also be great depending on the recording qualities.. My old Buffalo Springfield album and Neil Young come through wonderfully...  I am not a high db listener but the 4 ohm Oly's crank it out if I want to with an old 100 WPC ARC solid state amp.

My wife is a visually oriented person as are many of women that I worked with in my A/V sales years... I suspect as mentioned above that your wife might be interested in the visual qualities of the choices just as much as the auditory preferences.... Regardless, if you search around enough you will find something you both love.

I solve this all the time with a pair of Sonus Faber Venere 2.5's.  Beautiful to look at in Gloss White, Black or Walnut, but the best part is they sound way above their price.  I've had a lot of guys come in and listen to speakers up to twice the price and at least 80% of the time they go home with the 2.5's. Never had a disappointed customer and have never had a return...well actually twice because they traded up to the 3.0's.   We always have demos, but not looking to plug us here.  Buy them locally from a reputable dealer and then take her out for a nice dinner to show your appreciation.

I'm surprised no mention of Maggie's ? 1.7 would work well. New Kef reference but out of the budget?  Also Dynaudio's are great. Best soft dome tweeters are Dynaudio's, the tsss sounds are called sibilance Btw.. DeVore are nice too.