Speaker recommendation for married couple

You could see what return policy he has. The 222's are not very heavy and are shipped in one premade wooden box.

How about Dynaudio?

You forgot what I told you! Yes let her pick, but that is when you go to work for the next decade, tweaking the sound. You do that with the other gear in your system, and their tweaks, like tube rolling et cet.

Lot of truth in what you say mechans. Speaker most important rule came from back in the day when most of them sucked .
Almost any half-decent speaker today will let you know how your amp etc sounds which is where it is .

The comment (I paraphrase) that to "hear what a speaker is capable of you need to use your current electronics" is lame. Example: I have a pair of biwireable speakers and the designer told me this model of his lineup sounds much better single wired…tried both and he's right. My new speakers supposedly sound better biwired (again, from the manufacturer) and hey…they do! Some speakers do better with brighter or not so bright or SS or tubes or Class D or are better not used at all. The last group are simply speakers that can harm pets and furnishings…hot lava tweeters, liquid lead bass drivers…avoid those.