Speaker for low volume listening with high WAF

Merlins for one,try the VSM. They have a fairly small footprint for a floor strander. The customised Esotar tweeter in them is clean and accurate. IMHO that tweeter competes for world best and provides really great top and lower treble detail at low volumes. As for WAF they come in a wide variety colors the same basic idea as Wilson, they use automotive paint.
If you like a warm, which is really just some extra mid bass and bass emphasis. Given the requisite clean, super detailed, and never blurry muffed sound, try to listen to FJ from Germany. I liked their OM model which again is a small floor stander. They are only available in wood veneers or all wood I beliieve. They are very reasonably priced for the quality.
I admit up front that I haven't heard the Focal Electra in it's latest version. I do own an ealiear version of the Electra series. They are very different than the modernistic wedge shaped iteration of the Focal Electra. The crisp almost analytic accuracy of JM is well known and your familiarity of the Wilson's OEM JM/Fopcal drivers should give you some insight regarding a great balance between them and the warmth of a Luxman at low volume. If the speaker is too large -assuming you haven't had your audio resources pre-allocated by your wife to redo the kitchen and baths- move up to the Mini Utopias.
The French Quarter is a pretty loud place . You can keep the electronics and you will need really big speakers, truth be told, to avoid being overcome by the cacophony. Get even bigger and louder speakers.
You can enter the center of your head soundstage don't trouble with anything more than exellent headphones.Add to this a source and the best Headphone amp money can buy. I havea Singlepower Extreme which sounds great but I am certain others will spank it. Play as loud as you want.
And as they say Have Fun!!

Thiel CS1.6 or 2.4 for WAF. They sound better with the grills on which impresses my wife. Nice furniture grade finish.

I don't particularly like speakers that are overly warm but prefer accuracy, clarity, wide soundstaging and musical dynamics

The Thiels do all that.
Disclaimer: I have a pair of Thiels currently listed for sale.

I wish I could keep the big speakers but going from 4500 sq ft to 1200 sq feet just makes it impossible. I also agree with my wife that the place we bought has such a unique elegant look that large speakers would take away from the ambience. The Focal mini utopia be's sound interesting as I have to get away from the floor standers. When I really need realistic volume I can just walk a block to Preservation Hall and take it all in. Silver lining in every cloud!

Forgot to add that the speakers recommended should be capable of quality sound even if they are place within 12 inches of a wall...Thanks

Have you considered Dynaudio C1's with a sub? That combo works well in near field listening. I moved my C1's around and you will loose some depth being that close to the wall but the soundstage and detail won't suffer. They are rear ported. As far as WAF -- I personally do not care for the looks of Dyn's confidence series but the sound is what I care about. Every female thats seen my C1's (so far) say they are very good looking.