First...I agree mostly with Charles to trust your ears :) , but when you have a significant other involved, you may need to compromise.
I suspect your wife is like my wife (also a musician), she prefers speakers that are more natural sounding like Harbeths, Proac, Magnepans, Quads or Vandersteens. Wilsons and Magico are very much audiophile speakers, if you ask me. It’s really a matter of taste, preference and compromise. For me, I appreciate both types of speakers.
My wife really really liked the sound of the Harbeth 40.2 but I didn’t have the funds at the time and she wasn’t big on putting speakers on stands. I was using a pair of Harbeth C7ES3 at the time.
At the end, it was a comprise on multiple fronts, price, aesthetics, size and most importantly sound. We ended up buying a pair of Vandersteen Treo CTs. Per my wife, the speakers made the piano sound right and very natural (the price was right too). :)
Have you listen to higher end Vandersteen speakers? A nice comprise, if you decide on looking for speakers again could be a pair of Vandersteen Quatro CTs or the 5A Carbons. Both speakers have active bass and both sound wonderfully natural. The Treo CTs are passive and bit light on the bass, but they hold their own, plus you have a pair of JL subs to add into the mix. Check them out, if you have dealer close by.
I suspect your wife is like my wife (also a musician), she prefers speakers that are more natural sounding like Harbeths, Proac, Magnepans, Quads or Vandersteens. Wilsons and Magico are very much audiophile speakers, if you ask me. It’s really a matter of taste, preference and compromise. For me, I appreciate both types of speakers.
My wife really really liked the sound of the Harbeth 40.2 but I didn’t have the funds at the time and she wasn’t big on putting speakers on stands. I was using a pair of Harbeth C7ES3 at the time.
At the end, it was a comprise on multiple fronts, price, aesthetics, size and most importantly sound. We ended up buying a pair of Vandersteen Treo CTs. Per my wife, the speakers made the piano sound right and very natural (the price was right too). :)
Have you listen to higher end Vandersteen speakers? A nice comprise, if you decide on looking for speakers again could be a pair of Vandersteen Quatro CTs or the 5A Carbons. Both speakers have active bass and both sound wonderfully natural. The Treo CTs are passive and bit light on the bass, but they hold their own, plus you have a pair of JL subs to add into the mix. Check them out, if you have dealer close by.