Not sure if the wife will allow it but if she will bookshelfs mounted to the wall could be a good way to go espicaly if you need to mount the center close to the ceiling, at least then you could angle it down twards listening position. My GF (might as well be wife) was seriously not impressed when the m80s showed up and she realised how big they are so I feel you pain... Also depending on how far from the speakers u plan on sitting and how much impact you like to drums you might appriciate the mid bass hump of the m3s. I prefer listening to tracks that are mostly percussion on my m3s at a 5' distance then I do on my m80s at 12 - 15', but I also like LOTS (aka an unrealistic amount) of drum impact
