Your spouse or family, Whose opinion impacts your audio purchase decision?

My wife is more obsessed than I am with audio gear. I am the one that tries to keep purchases slightly in check. She does have better hearing than I do.
 
Thanks for all the posts. My wife knows the price but I always tell her with one “zero” out on the price. Luckily she’s not internet savvy. [emoji18]


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Andik777 said:
I buy what I want without giving explanations to my wife or my daughters. I love them and everything I do is with respect. (they understand that I have pacion for the music)
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This reminds me of the story of the guy who is going out to a bar to shoot pool with his buddies. Before he leaves home he is showering his wife with sweetness, calling her snookums, tells her how much he loves her and that he will be home by 11:00 PM. When he arrives at the bar, one of his buddies asks him what time he told his wife he would be home. His reply? "I told that bitch I'll be home when I get home!"
 
My wife supports my audio addiction and even bought me my first pair of Magnepans for my birthday. But lately she has been complaining of having door panel speakers in the family room. She would also like me to down size my electronics to an integrated amp. I can't blame her after putting up with this for 30 years.
 
Wife, somewhat, $$. But, she has always been cool and enjoys our system. The one area that's been an issue, sort of, is the latest addition of acoustic panels... I might have pushed her over the edge...
 
mep said:
This reminds me of the story of the guy who is going out to a bar to shoot pool with his buddies. Before he leaves home he is showering his wife with sweetness, calling her snookums, tells her how much he loves her and that he will be home by 11:00 PM. When he arrives at the bar, one of his buddies asks him what time he told his wife he would be home. His reply? "I told that bitch I'll be home when I get home!"
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Very good joke :) what I do not like is that you treat me as a liar. I clarify that they will not give any medal to the males. :)) Regards
 
Andik777 said:
Very good joke :) what I do not like is that you treat me as a liar. I clarify that they will not give any medal to the males. :)) Regards
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You took it the wrong way, sorry. It was a joke.
 
Yes you can, she should be used to it by now.

Mechnutt said:
My wife supports my audio addiction and even bought me my first pair of Magnepans for my birthday. But lately she has been complaining of having door panel speakers in the family room. She would also like me to down size my electronics to an integrated amp. I can't blame her after putting up with this for 30 years.
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After 28 years together, I know the boundaries I can push and the ones I can't. We both really enjoy music, and there is a stereo in every room of the house. When it comes to "my stereo room", the only thing that limits me is her favorite saying "You know what you can afford".... She is too dang smart :D
 
I had to get rid of my martin logan summit x in our lounge after 4 years due to my lovely wife`s objections . She means a great deal to me than my Hi fi so every set of speakers is run past her now first . I might add that she let me have a BIG set of horns in another room as a consolation. A good woman is hard to find so it pays to look after her !!!:)
 
A large part of my hifi/audio journey were paved with half truth, be kind to myself by not using the word "lies" (like less a zero, used but mint, greatest bargain ever and the last a statement: Retirement System). Search my heart and soul and I do know I lived in fear that one day the real cost of what I had bought (system, vinyl, Cd's and whatever related to music) would bring me endless arguments, lectures and nagging which I honestly detest, hated or simply get me into bonkers.
Until TODAY, where I last had an Op (in early May and rested for a month at home) and also finally, I opened up about my past to my wife before going into the theatre. Somehow, being truthful, honest did brought a fresh start in my life. Now I can openly buy whatever I want (within "reasonable" reason and costs - of course after an open discussion on the why and how come I needed the change) and more importantly, for the first time, my better half sits in my small room listening to what I was all the time trying to enjoy (without nit picking) but discuss about the music performance.
Sympathy, love or whatever that caused this change in relationship ... I do know my new journey would be that more fruitful, enjoyable and for once, I can be as HONEST as I can about this hobby of mine.
I share this with all of you cause I realised how living to what I wanted openly and honestly, is so much fun than living in fear and always trying to have a good memory of what I had said about what I bought (I always threw away the actual receipts even before I came home - and yes, the credit card statements too, where now these days its digital, so its that much better).
I guess we all love our lives (and love our hobbies) and also have that BIG RESPECT for our wives in that we do not want to anger them with the way we would spend money (sometimes ridiculous amount and then changed the gear after a few months) and hence the way we would behave - if I did say something wrong here, please accept my apologies.
For sure, I am very happy in being able to enjoy the music without the feared "distortion & noise".............. more so, with my wife. Cant say that for children cause they all have their own hobbies (and probable stories they told me and my wife about what they bought, Ha Ha). Cheers!
 
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