@ovature Men just have to take interest in their home decor. In my household, it's more like HAF (Husband Acceptance Factor). Why? Because I decorate.
To be frank, I see a lot of pictures of empty listening rooms with tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment. This makes my blood boil. So you can afford $5000 speakers but you can't afford to decorate the space? I feel like I'm in a car mechanic's waiting room. It's depressing.
Can't you hang pictures on the wall? Lay a nice rug? Add a few plants, an accent chair and nice pieces of vintage furniture? Can we have some color up in here? Why does everything have to be a shade of grey? I just want to drag people's butts to the local flea markets, the goodwill and pawn shops. Quality pieces are often cheap and IKEA sells drab white melamine furniture as luxury...