The Wife Acceptance Factor W.A.F.
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Well I guess my wife is the exception. She looks forward to going to the shows....
Is your wife for sale?
I have had three living rooms/homes where she has kindly let my gear to seat there, some very odd-looking pieces like Avantgarde spkrs or a Gyphon Anthileon amp. She enjoys having me here instead of playing golf all weekends away fom home!..now I have a dedicated room and we have our own places at home...yes.....she still thinks I am nuts!
My girlfriend (and soon-to-be wife) shares with me the passion for music and we usually spend some of our free time listening to music together. Not really we share passion for bulky pieces of gear, instead! I still remember her face when, after having dragged her to the Axpona NYC 2011, she saw the MBLs 101: she turned to me and said "not these ones!!". Then I warned her I would never be able to afford them. Another example: for last Christmas, she surprised me purchasing a Project Genie as a present for me. When she received the package, a few days before the gift exchange, she called my brother in Italy (who assisted her in her choice) screaming "but it's no ugly!!!" Then she started enoying spinning vinyls ;-)
Peculiarly, though, we shared impressions about the performance of the rooms at the audio show...
I guess I wouldn't have any WAF issues if I owned a dedicated listening room. That's why my dream house has to have a basement room: a solid floor, no windows and the possibility to make a good acoustic isolation for minimal noise floor and no disturb to the rest of the house.
But I bet she'd be there with me most of the times to listen to some good music
Then she started enoying spinning vinyls ;-)Peculiarly, though, we shared impressions about the performance of the rooms at the audio show...
I guess I wouldn't have any WAF issues if I owned a dedicated listening room. That's why my dream house has to have a basement room: a solid floor, no windows and the possibility to make a good acoustic isolation for minimal noise floor and no disturb to the rest of the house.
But I bet she'd be there with me most of the times to listen to some good music
My wife was like that before we married, she would even give a nice opinion once in a while, once we were married all that changed, JA... then we had kids and all else, including audio of course became superficial... cant say I blame her.
It is harder for me to find time to listen.
She still does dance in ront of the speakers if the music is right! (I like that)
It is harder for me to find time to listen.
She still does dance in ront of the speakers if the music is right! (I like that)
JEJE Life is good!
I wonder is High End just about good sound even if the gear looks awful, or does High End means also gear shold look good?
Now of course we would start with with things like what is beauty and the eye of the beholder:
But just afew examples:
Steam Locomotive is purely technical with pipes sticking out every where and even boiling pots of water, pistons and levers, and even so it is considered a beauty.
Is a Western Electric 15A snail horn good looking?
I personally love shiny Ampex 300-350 reel machines and hate big box shiny glossy speakers....
I wonder is High End just about good sound even if the gear looks awful, or does High End means also gear shold look good?
Now of course we would start with with things like what is beauty and the eye of the beholder:
But just afew examples:
Steam Locomotive is purely technical with pipes sticking out every where and even boiling pots of water, pistons and levers, and even so it is considered a beauty.
Is a Western Electric 15A snail horn good looking?
I personally love shiny Ampex 300-350 reel machines and hate big box shiny glossy speakers....
Bruce B
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True high-end audiophiles are just like happy couples; looks are secondary, the real impact is the thing.
...The true adaptation to people, to music you love first and foremost. ...And the eternal search ....
And if it happens that your gear looks sublime, or your wife (girlfriend) gorgeous, then it's a bonus on looks. :b
Look at loudspeakers for example; are people choosing them for Sound, Looks, or Both?
Plus, what can they afford truly, and are they willing to pay the price to get them? To what truly suits them, and their room?
Then you have .... :b
You need to get her a stripper pole like my wife has!!
Did I say I'm a happy man??
-----Pole? What pole? 'Pole Nord'?
Bruce B
WBF Founding Member, Pro Audio Production Member
-----...Only on Audio forums.
Believe me, it does take amazing upper body strength (good for helping her husband move Pass amps and MM3's!). She even took lessons here in Seattle for about 2 years.
-----She works out Bruce? ...Diet? ...Pills?
...Extra natural stamina? ...Bicycling? ...Canoeing? ...Mountain climbing?
...Cross country skiing? ...Scuba diving? ...Swimming? ...Bungee jumping?
...Skydiving? ...Running? ...Freestyle wave surfing? ...Roller skating? ...Wind surfing?
Snowboarding? ...Kayaking? ...Downhill skiing? ...Golfing? ...Treeplanting?
...Or just Pole dancing?
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my wife does not share my passion for music and my other hobbies, but had been supportive of it. I bought a Sony mini component on my first paycheck after we got married, and allowed me to do the same after we migrated to Canada. She allowed me to talk her into moving into a new home so that I could build a 1300 gal. aquarium for my fish, helped me build the aquarium and the room (MFK) and basically allowed me to have most of the basement now with my audio stuff. Still a compromise and I take into consideration how she would feel about how stuff would look like. If I was into audio when we bought our current house in 2006, I know she will agree that we build a two storey instead of the bungalow that we currently have, so that I could own the basement. She's happy that I now stay home for the most part, I used to golf over 100 rounds per year plus a membership at a nearby driving range and I was always out most of the summer.
When we bought our last vehicle - she insisted that we get a red one, as a compromise I ended with a CGTS instead of a CTT... not realizing that a CTTS will also be available in red.
When we bought our last vehicle - she insisted that we get a red one, as a compromise I ended with a CGTS instead of a CTT... not realizing that a CTTS will also be available in red.
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