An audiophile and petrolhead's musings: in the hi-fidelity, first class, traveling set - Page 6

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Originally Posted by Magick Man 


Actually, I do smoke pipes. I have Petersons, a couple choice Dunhills, a few Erik Nordings, a Viprati, a Castello Old Antiquari, and a Savinelli VIP Autograph.
 

And THAT doesn't bother her?    Interesting.  

Indeed. My wife doesn't mind audio gear but was a bitch when it came to getting rid of my sigarettes. 

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Originally Posted by Magick Man 


Most I had before we were married.

Grandfathered in... ok.  We need to figure out all of the loopholes for spousal approval.  

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Originally Posted by Mkubota1 

Grandfathered in... ok.  We need to figure out all of the loopholes for spousal approval.  

So it should be something like this: "No honey, I had those lcd-3's YEARS ago!"

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Originally Posted by Mkubota1 

 

And THAT doesn't bother her?    Interesting.  

C'mon, sexy girls love cigars what are you talking about...  

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as for magik man's question anyone care for an answer? i had a wa22 max on loan atm and that question about other similar balanced contenders of the same range interests me too.

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Originally Posted by Magick Man 

She listened for about 15 minutes talking about what she was hearing and said, "damn baby, these kick serious ass".

So maybe the whole time she simply just wasn't into the sound sig of the Beyers?    This sounds like it's more about finding the right cans- so just keep searching!

Moral of the story:

If you can't convince the missus - turn her into an audiophile = WIN :D

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Originally Posted by SixthFall 
Then it backfires when you have to sell the house to fund 2 audiophiles

let's not talk about that *gulp*

Just responding to the OP (have not read thru thread).

Depending on how long you've been married, the disdain she seems to have towards your toys might have been festering during the entirety of your relationship and she's at a point now where she's unable to tolerate it, for whatever reason.  And my guess is the particular "toy" is irrevelant.  It's what that "toy" represents to both you and her and your relationship.  

Try spending more quality time with her.  But don't make it so blatantly obvious.  Otherwise, she'll resent the fact that you're only trying to spend time with her so you can get something for yourself in the end. 

For the next several months put the emphasis back to her, as I'm sure you did when you initially got together.  Sometimes, all we need is to feel genuinely appreciated.

Or maybe she's right and you do have too much worthless crap. 

Good luck.

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Originally Posted by purrin 

 

I just moved all my crap into the "man-cave" or garage. Good thing it never gets that cold, at least for me, in SoCal.

 

The other thing you might want to do is sit down with her and really let her know how important this hobby is to you, and how her offhand remarks are very hurtful to you. From her point of view, she might be feeling cornered or threatened a bit from the apparent excesses for your hobby. It will probably take a lot of practice and time to have things sorted out because it seems like the nagging has built up into habit for her. Habits are hard to break.

Oh, you seem have gone through this already.   Your pain is felt.

I think that she feels irritated that you are such a weirdo. But after some decades she will get used to it.