Need help for wife acceptance

Go to Radio Shack and buy some cheap Mega cable $1 per foot or even better the 14 gauge cable at 10 meter lengths and regular length - check and see if the sound changes very much with the different lengths. If not then it will not with better cable - try Alpha Core Copper in 7 gauge.

If you can swing an under the floor installation, go for it. Did/does Subaguru have this setup as well? I'm with your wife on this one (the less of this "crap" I have to look @ when listening to music, the better:). I have everything tucked away, out of sight, except the speakers and stands (couldn't figure that one out and still get decent sound). Also, if you happen to have a closet running behind the speaker wall (our hallway closet does) this is a great place to hide the electronics. This setup (the closet) actually shortened the speaker cable runs compared to a previous configuration and as an added bonus pets and children do not bother the equipment. An armoire would help as well, but then you would not be able to use a good equipment rack (I tried this before and much prefer the sound of the current rack and shelving).

Yeah Dekay, Ernie does have his amp system "suspended" under the flooring. Besides being slightly neater in terms of less clutter to see, i don't doubt that this DRASTICALLY cuts down on the microphonics / transfer of vibrations to the amps too.

If you can't mount the amps under the flooring or find some other "convenient" way to hide them, you have no other choice but to play "hardball". As to what your wife has to say, tell her that she'll have to compromise on this one. Not only is it important to you, it is cheaper to keep the amps closer to the speakers and will sound better. In turn, tell her that she's got a "favor" coming the next time that you two disagree on something. Pick your "fights" and make them worthwhile. Otherwise, ruling with an "iron fist" has always worked for me : ) Sean
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Thank you guys, for your moral and musical support.
BTW, she actually works at Bose's, which of course makes my position not better (no use explaining that Bose is nice for 'normal' consumer market).

I'll forward your comments and post her comments!

Piet

Buy some halcro monoblocks and put fake plants on them (she'll never know).