Speaker finish?


Here's a spouse epihany: In my living room, for the past 6 years, reside a pair (for the visual; interchange the speaker and color of your choice) of Zu Audio Definitions. The sell job on my wife to purchase these babies was as tough as it gets, but I have sold her the Brooklyn Bridge many times before. To her, as well as others. Anyway now it was time for a change of speakers, but lo and be hold they are the latest and greatest Definitions, so the footprint is the same, but just an inch or so higher. Another tough sell, being that they not only will cost some serious $$, they are still "ridiculous towers" in our living space. Well, I close the deal and order the speakers and (another) lo and behold, last night as we're going to bed, by wife says to me (I'll paraphrase, but this is as close to a direct quote as I can remember) "I'm actually excited about your new towers. The color is going to look great in our living room. Very beachy, and will look fabulous with our living theme. No I don't give a f__* what they sound like or why they do what they do to your music, so don't get too excited. They are going to be nice looking towers" What's an audiophool to say? I love her madly and am waiting on my music "towers." BTW, she does not accept this rap: "let me show you what speaker towers can look like." Proud of myself for taking the high [tacit]road, since it would only generate "there are sicker puppies out there, and that does not make it right." Any identification with this?...lol...
BTW the speaker color she chose was not a (NO charge) custom color, even though she would, at this stage of my audiophool career, pay anything for a "tower" that would compliment a living thematic. Go figure.
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Before I got my Cain & Cain Abbys, my wife and I listened to them at my
dealer's home (a single wide mobile home). She says 'they're way too big'.
In that room, of course they were. They showed up as a demo anyway.
Now, my room is 17 deep X 35 wide and cathedral ceilings. They're a
beautiful maple and it wasn't long before she stated an attraction for them.
"I listened to them at my dealer's home (a single wide mobile home).”

Gadzooks!
Gadzooks is right! Can you imagine how they might have sounded set up in the back of a white van? Actually, they didn't sound bad in his home, just not as terrific as they do in my home.
You are on the road to audio and martial disaster. You have just been suckered and you don't know it. It is obvious, when she finds someone else with a better 'finish', content and function doesn't matter, she will dump you. Better check with Dr. Phil for further advice.