Girlfriends and wifes, how do YOU cope?

2) play Van Morrison's Moondance while making love to her (wine, candles, etc), she'll gladly enjoy your hobby from that point out

I did that with Pink Floyd,,,because of her,,I would have put YES.

Simple...just get them as involve and interested as you are with your listening to music and audio gears. The next thing you know she will buy you the stuff for your b-day/ Xmas. Wife bought me the ML Ascent last year and upgraded my amp this year to MC402. Next year... who knows what's next.. CD/DAC combo??? hint..hint..Lucky am I??

MC402,,your wife a neurosurgeon?..;-)

Start with a budget that she agrees to even if it is only $1000 or $1500 bucks- buy good used then gradually sell and upgrade to something better with the addition of a little cash when you have it.
If she likes the sound now and you let her hear something better then she might appreciate your upgrades
Let’s face it, just as with a new car audio equipment depreciates too, so try to buy some damn good used at a reasonable price. Look at the Sony SACD-1 first sold for $5000 now used $2500 some times even less.
I am sorry though but if my wife was to stop my hobby I might have to divorce her, but also I have to be reasonable too with the upgrades!
P.S. if you have a girl friend I would lay down that law right up front or go find a woman into it! Don’t waste your time thinking you can change her. Too many women marry guys with those thoughts and they end up apart too. Enough pontificating HUH?

Not a big deal for me. My girlfriend is prety cool about it. I have a combo of solid state and tube. She admires the warm glow of the tube system. She does get a little pissed when I buy new tweaks but I just tell her that I swap my old gear for new and she just looksat me smacks me in the back of the head and forgets about it.