Girlfriends and wifes, how do YOU cope?

My wife is very supportive of my audio addition (and two other ones). I have ongoing spousal approval by paying her a 10% "bauble tax".  It's worked out very well for both of us. 

Keep 'em guessing .

My wife says very little because she know when she wants another new ring I have no argument! 

My rig is in the basement. Now she can walk all over me. Ba dumb bum, tish.

Early in 2015 I started the process of possibly upgrading the four year old monitors I had in our 13x24 living room.  As I listened to more and more speakers, it became obvious to me that I'd be happier with the floor standing speakers I'd auditioned.  So my wife & and I came to the decision that I'd move the music audio system down to our family room (kids are adults, left the nest long ago), a 26x24 room, my new "man cave".

After months of auditions I ordered a pair of floor standing speakers that would have been way too large for our living room.  But in that larger room, I "needed" more amplifier power, more sub woofer capability, etc.

Waiting for the sub woofers I ordered to arrive, I got the floor standing speakers and new electronics "dialed in" to the new room.  When the subs arrived I had all sorts of troubles getting them to sound right in the "man cave", lots of standing waves and other annoying resonances.  So I learned about bass traps and proceeded to install a half dozen or so of them.

While I was mounting the first of the bass traps my wife said that, recommending I move to the "man cave" that she "unleashed a monster".

Now that I have things the way I like, it's "all good".