My wife finally got it

When I first got married my wife was always shocked over the price tags. My Martin Logan SL3 speakers were first in a large 5.1 audio/video system in a small beach duplex where she would move the speakers parallel to the HDTV. Now that we are in a large 2 story house the room acoustics are so much better & the 5.1 audio/video system is now just a stereo with mono block amps. The Martin Logan speakers are were they should be, alway from the back wall with no HDTV in the middle. My wife now saids that she can no longer listen to a boom-box

Congratulations my friend. What a joy that must be. I've been with my wife for 20 years and I haven't gotten past the 'eye rolling' stage yet. I was beginning to think that I never would. Your story gives me new hope, if I just keep on buying new gear, maybe someday a light will click on for her. Maybe she will discover the joy that music brings me. Maybe we will finally be able to share the enjoyment of recorded music..............................NAH!!!
Congrats again,
John

You're all ahead of the game. My wife of 12 yrs. has very good hearing in one ear only(w/virtually nada in the other ear.) So you image when Santa brings a new boom-boom toy (as my younger daughter calls it) into our home. She's really a good sport and she realizes what music means to me
in my life. My kids really enjoy music which is really great and I'm so grateful for so many blessings in our lives. Enjoy the moment in time always. Happy Holidays! Bill

Congratulations indeed! One small step for man....one giant leap for audiophiles! My wife was trained as a classical violinist and comes from a family of musicians. You would think that they'd all be overly critical about the reproduction of their art through an audio system. Quite the opposite, it is most definitely NOT a priority for any of them. Suggestions that a good system enhances one's enjoyment of the experience of music meets more often with rolled eyes, shrugged shoulders and knowing grins, elbowing and laughter among them. That is until I switched my home system to a SET (going from SS and push/pull). Once those magical 8 watts of SET sound filled the room, my wife FINALLY took notice, and conceded that, "...WOW, it sounds like the performer is right there in our living room!" Since then, I've heard her even boast to her mom that she likes the stereo system now, and that she finds it very unrewarding to listen on her boom box! I'm sure if she knew the price it all comes at she'd have a cow, so I keep that part of the equation discreet (and my system is pretty modest as those things go here on A'gon). Anytime I mention the price of an interconnect, or of premium NOS tubes it is met with astonishment and sometimes outright mockery! "..I can't believe you pay that much for a 'light bulb'!!" Oh well, ...small victories!

Hi Slipknot1, Makes all your efforts seem worthwhile.
Nice to hear stories like yours. Never had a women who gave 2 cents in my audio setup. I am always asked, could you please turn it down. Happy for you. Hope it continues.