Agreed, for looks, I'd take a tower speaker any day over a bookshelf on a stand. They do take the same amount of room and bookshelf speakers on stands are more susceptible to tipping to boot.
But then again, in 'discussions' with my wife like this, if she was dead set against "ugly speakers," I don't think I'd be given the luxury of a choice between a (towers) or b (bookshelves).
Instead, the choice would be "C" (Bose cubes), "D" (in wall speakers), or "E," her favorite, using the speakers already in the TV.
These arguments are especially tough when logic and reason are not valid points of dissent. Hopefully the gods of home theater are on your side and will eventually allow you to prevail using one of the arguments in this thread for support!
