Wife trouble

Women are no better than men or no worse .
Both sexes have general ways of behavior forged by biology and culture .
At the end of the day women  are all more alike than different As are men .
Love is just accepting people as they are, but it is foolish to enter into a marriage that you know will eventually end in divorce. And ,factoring out lust, you always know .

Take all the stuff down stairs 
Or buy a place that has one.  Be a man. 

I think I'm going to go with ceiling speakers.  Don't know what you all think about that. Center channel and six ceiling speakers scattered throughout living and dining room. Sub woofer also of course. Can that set up sound good considering no towers?

Never tried, but I'm interested to hear from those who have.

I'm very lucky, my wife knew I loved audio way back before we were married.....  she could care less what my gear looks like or what space it occupies   

We have a family room with a 60" TV that everyone gravitates toward and my den where I have my system and a smaller TV.   When the kids have friends over we will hang in the den, usually watching TV but sometimes a concert video or music through the stereo.   

And as far as what twoch said about being a man,  it takes a bigger man to put his wife first and make her happy .........  

I would suggest some nice bookshelve speakers on stands with a small footprint and a sub.  

Did you buy the console yet?   If so maybe you could both compromise.