My wife finally got it

Congratulations indeed! One small step for man....one giant leap for audiophiles! My wife was trained as a classical violinist and comes from a family of musicians. You would think that they'd all be overly critical about the reproduction of their art through an audio system. Quite the opposite, it is most definitely NOT a priority for any of them. Suggestions that a good system enhances one's enjoyment of the experience of music meets more often with rolled eyes, shrugged shoulders and knowing grins, elbowing and laughter among them. That is until I switched my home system to a SET (going from SS and push/pull). Once those magical 8 watts of SET sound filled the room, my wife FINALLY took notice, and conceded that, "...WOW, it sounds like the performer is right there in our living room!" Since then, I've heard her even boast to her mom that she likes the stereo system now, and that she finds it very unrewarding to listen on her boom box! I'm sure if she knew the price it all comes at she'd have a cow, so I keep that part of the equation discreet (and my system is pretty modest as those things go here on A'gon). Anytime I mention the price of an interconnect, or of premium NOS tubes it is met with astonishment and sometimes outright mockery! "..I can't believe you pay that much for a 'light bulb'!!" Oh well, ...small victories!

Hi Slipknot1, Makes all your efforts seem worthwhile.
Nice to hear stories like yours. Never had a women who gave 2 cents in my audio setup. I am always asked, could you please turn it down. Happy for you. Hope it continues.

I had the same sense of pride the first time my wife heard my vacuum tube setup. She remarked how much better it sounded. She didn't know the difference between a tube and a transistor, but she knew what she liked...

A further update to the story: This afternoon she mentioned (without my prompting), "I remember you saying you were thinking about a new turntable. How much are we talking about? As much as the new kitchen?" It's true that I have been thinking about upgrading from my current ProJect 6.1/Blue Point setup. Help me out here guys: What do you recommend I look at? Including the Teres I know TWL will suggest. (It's on my shortlist) ;)

Slipknot, if you want to look at 2 other TTs that are in the same league as the Teres, and are actually "spin-offs" of the Teres Project, look at the Redpoint Audio TTs, and the Progressive Engineering TT. They use the same bearing and motor as the Teres, and the PE even uses the same motor controller. Redpoint has a different controller. I think the Redpoint is ugly, but sounds good. The PE is very nice looking, but has too light of a platter, as far as I am concerned. Teres is still best overall, in my book. They also have a new model out called the 150 that has the shot-filled wood base, that is not as expensive because it's birch instead of Cocobolo. Sounds better than the acrylic, and cost is only slightly more.