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Girlfriends and wifes, how do YOU cope?

I would be very interested in finding out how one manages to justify (or sneak in the home) expensive audio equipment without having to sell your soul to the Devil? It's quite a challenge for many of us I think. I heard of someone buying a Bel Canto DAC and telling his girlfriend that " Oh it's just a $ 100.00 power conditionner", or whatever. Seem like we need to get creative here if we can pursue this crazy hobby much longer! Regards All...
ampman66
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mapman
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My wife would rather listen to nails on a chalkboard than most king crimson. Still working on that one....

On the flip side she took right to the moody blues when we met. That might have been a deal breaker. 😿
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lloydc
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Never put girlfriend and wife in the same listening room.

My ex never could grasp how to turn on my system, even when I provided a simple one page summary of which 8 switches to use, and the correct order to do it in. But I was lucky.
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oregonpapa
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My wife told me that if I bought one more piece of audio equipment, she would leave me. That was 15 years ago. I still kind of miss her.
foster_9
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Oregonpapa, that is incredibly funny!
goose
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I just use the same line my wife uses on me...."Look how much I saved, it was xxxx percent off!" Or, I just fund my next purchase via the sale of some existing equipment. If I really get desperate, I will research a purchase to death and when she can't take it anymore she tells me to "Just buy the stupid thing".
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