Worst or Best Excuses!

The answer is simple: guilt.  Most women cannot understand why a guy needs an expensive 'stereo', especially since an iPhone can play music.  Most men cannot understand why a gal needs so many pairs of expensive shoes, especially those costing over $400 a pair.  If you tell a gal the real cost of your stereo, she will be bound to match it in her shoe wardrobe. If you were smart, you would insisted that one of her wedding vows would be to never question your spending on your 'stereo'.

coolhunter,

Where were you 11 years ago? I can hardly wait to renew my vows on our 12th anniversary :-)

I've been married for over 35 years, I guess she's used to me by now.

No questions about the audio gear and it's cost, LOTS of questions about all those bass traps on the walls & ceilings!

My girlfriend doesn't know midrange from a gas range but she does know that some equipment is better than than others simply by listening.  In her house I've provided two setups...downstairs living room sports a Marantz 2250b stereo receiver, a simple Pro Ject belt drive turntable, and a pair of Meadowlark Kestrels.  In the bedroom for lazy Sunday mornings we listen to a Pioneer SX850 receiver through a pair of Usher bookshelves.  (Yeah I have a soft spot for some of the old stuff.)

She's never commented on the cost of the stuff in my house except for some of the cables which she simply finds ludicrous.
 " $300 for a PLUG? "  Or, "and what's that supposed to do?"  When she first saw my Maggie 1.7's she asked "those are speakers?"   

She he has more handbags of dubious (IMHO) cost, more shoes than anyone will ever need, more stuff that would require an aircraft hangar to hold the garage sale she's mentioned but has yet to schedule.  I cycle through my stuff, she compiles her's. I don't ask, she doesn't ask.  It's worked out.