Wife Acceptance Factor

What about DAF?
I have been a single parent raising my 16 year old daughter for 12 years.
"Hey dad,if you can afford that amp,why can't you afford to buy me a car?"
"Well honey,I feel you are too young to have your own car"
"Well dad,I feel you are too old to be playing with stereo's"
Consider yourself lucky if you 'only' have WAF and not teen DAF :~)

My wife and I solved the problem by agreeing to set aside a room for my musical pursuits. That said, I still don't want to antagonize her. If I'm interested in buying something expensive I ask her opinion of it. After all, we share the house as well as the money. More often than not there is no problem because we both try to be reasonable.

I can sympathize with you Dave as I know your daughter and she can be a tough one....My daughters just laugh and think their Dad is goofy...of course so does my current wife...Just keep buying equipment that's the same color as the piece you're replacing and you won't have a problem

Jefff1: Very, very funny!

I have bought and sold so much stuff that my wife really doesn't care. I have proved that we could liquidate it all so quickly if need be, heaven forbid, that she really could care less what I spend. But.... since we don't have a dedicated media/listening room yet, I must be able to hide all of the gear if someone is coming over. Works out well for me that way too though. I love Magnepan's and since they are so thin and relatively light, they can be slid together and out of the way behind a decorative screen. That made them an easy sell.