Most significant WAF Audio Sacrifice you made....


I'm interested in the most significant audio sacrifice you made in the name of maintaining domestic harmony / bliss, such as giving up your Pass XA 160 monoblocks. You know, the concious decision one audiophile makes like where we weigh our loved ones on an imaginary scale: sweetie or monoblocks, sweetie or monoblocks, and the former wins out but not without extreme pain (and sometimes regret).

Significant others are also eligible.
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Damn Howard! I'm green with envy!

My greatest WAF is that I've never owned a tube amp. That's right, it's not something that I've owned and had to get rid of. She's made it very clear that tubes are FUGLY. So I have tubes hidden in my front end, but there's no way of hiding power tubes in the amps that I've looked at. I know there are tube amps out there with hidden tubes, but I'm not just going to buy any tube amp. I'm only interested in certain ones.

I've owned some very good solid state amps, so I'm not complaining. She doesn't much complain about the $$$ or time that I spend on my hobby. One day I'll get the boys out of the house and be able to set up my own dedicated listening room, then WAF won't enter into the equation. The dedicated listening room is the key.
John,
Lots of good amps out there with concealed tubes: Audio Note, Audiomat, VAC, Rogue, Tom Evans, etc. Also, many of the Canary models have them in the back, out of sight. A friend had some nice-looking cages built for his as well.
Enjoy!
Howard,

Yes, I know, but I looking for a fully balanced design to go with my all BAT system. That's what I meant by looking for certain ones. I have a list of requirements on top of my wife's no naked toobs requirement.