i have hit a major obstacle in my av
im currently decorating my lounge/dining room and also upgrading my kit.....
the girlfriend doesn't mind the soon to be bought 32" sony/panny - in fact she's really keen on a new telly
what she wants out of the room is all my black kit - yahama dspa590 black amp, 2 black mission speakers, 2 black marantz rears, big black centre on the telly and definitely my BIG black kef reference series sub
she's not even keen on me getting the sony 835 speaker kit in silver as she says the little speakers look like bugs eyes
my cousin's bough the sony davs880 which she likes the look of
whilst i like the look it seems to be quite a compromise on sound even compared to my current dolby pro logic yahama dspa592 amp
reading reviews on here the pioneer 303/505 seems better than the sony 880
just don't know which way to go
can anyone offer some advice please?