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You Still Need, What??


I had told my wife I was going to buy a turntable and have been buying vinyl for the last 6 months. Well, about a week ago I bought the table, a VPI Super scoutmaster.

I got the tt home and my wife said ,"It will be nice that you can finally play your albums" I looked at here and said I still need a phono stage and cartridge. She couldn't beleive it. Not to mention the record cleaning machine, stylus pressure guage , etc.

When she was asking the price of the cartridge(diamond needle)she felt that would be better spent for a new shiny sparkly for her finger.

Anyone else with a similar experience with the significant other not relizing all that is required for a vinyl system.
moonguy
isochronism
2,893 posts
 
I would just reason with her. Something like ...... "But gee honey, you're an overly expensive frivolous toy also, and I don't complain". That should work. Such great negotiating skills and I've never even been married!!
ebm
9,311 posts
 
No i can spend anything on my system dont have to check with my wife.
blkadr
739 posts
 
That's the problem with vinyl, a cdp can be plug and play, with vinyl there's always something next. Table, arm, cartridge, phono stage, cables, weights, isolation, will it ever end?
If only digits sounded as good...
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nandric
4,086 posts
 
This is just one of the subjects that one should think about before marriage. However even Einstein made some serious mistakes. BTW I never meet a wife not coplaining
about her husband.

Regards,
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bombaywalla
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11-01-11: Hevac1
Thats why you do not bring anything home for the system unless it is complete.
I think this quote from Hevac1 says it all (according to me).....
If you have a nit-picky wife like many of us do (since this hobby is mostly about lots of discretionary income) then you'll have to get way smarter about managing your wife. Be wise about what you disclose about your intentions to upgrade or add new equipment, etc. Be wise when yo disclose that there's a new addition to the electronics, etc. You'll have to refrain from opening your mouth upon every idle thought you have re. your system, your desires for improvement of the system & your intentions to upgrade. Otherwise, it looks like, you're going to get in a lot of trouble.....
It looks like you will need to do what you have to do before you'll get a chance to do what you want to do.
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