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RobbP,

If you need to go with m22's as fronts for WAF have to understand that you will still need to put them on speaker stands and so they will end up taking up as much room as if you just put a tower speaker there to begin with. I prefer the look of a tower speaker as opposed to a bookshelf sitting on a speaker stand from a cosmetic standpoint. But when I was buying speakers, budget was the reason that I went with m22's (and I have a small room that I use them in). Since your room is so big I don't see why you wouldn't go with tower speakers since they will do such a better job filling your room. Just look for pictures of m22's sitting on ugly black stands to show to your significant other and maybe those tower speakers won't look so bad.

- Nick

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!