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In Reply to: RE: A Real Life Tragedy....... posted by Winston Smith on May 03, 2015 at 17:38:24
Perfectly said - my wife knew my passions when we met and they never were an issue
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
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We listened to music quite a bit during our dating. Here's my bachelor pad circa '85:
My passion for music has never been an issue. When we married a year later, we finished the basement and moved the system down there. :)
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so I didn't have any window treatments up yet and the large tapesty draped over the railing behind the couch was put on the back wall.
We had our second house built and I spec-ed a large downstairs listening room. With my current house, I'm using a large bedroom as a dedicated listening room. Guys need a cave!
If she loved me she wouldn't want me to give it up.. If she was so anti- music I wouldn't have gotten to the point in relationship where it would be an issue..
FWIW my wife thinks the audio stuff is cool.. she especially likes the way the MBL 101e look.. She also really dug the various Logan's I've had..
You need another hobby Ralf.
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public
H. L. Mencken
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No, I couldn't get away with adding that to the mix - unless I stuck in the back of the room with the stats. :)
My oldest brother was a HAM as well, but had a much simpler setup. He did, however, have a huge tower antenna located in the middle of Unversity Park in Dallas. His neighbor asked him why he had such a big one. His reply? He had a big screen TV! He got some of his gear from a retired CBS guy that was borderline illegal in terms of power. Sometimes, his sprinkler heads would pop when he broadcasted.
Love the prop, too. Hartzell?
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That's the old 669g prop.
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public
H. L. Mencken
This is exactly the problem with most couples - they don't discuss this shi(stuff) before they get married.
The woman doesn't have to be into audio but she does have to be accepting of your hobby just like if she was into Photography and I wasn't - I know buying cameras/lenses/print materials will be costly - so be it. Her hobby I can live with that.
Same goes for "in the bedroom" - tell the girl about the weird kinky stuff you may or may not be into BEFORE you get married - less chance of one partner seeking it out on the side.
I can;t believe how many guys are on forums discussing how they have to sneak stuff home, lie about the price, or are forced to sell their 7 foot high 4 foot wide loudspeakers for a Totem Model One. The conversation should go.
"Hey by the way if we ever get married I want you to know some things. First I love music and it so happens that my hobby is buying very good equipment to play it. This equipment is usually large and takes up a lot of space in the living room (I will compromise by putting it in the basement but I can't compromise on the size). Further I tend to spend an average of $10,000 a year on my stereo(and this will increase with inflation) and that too is something I intend to keep doing."
Why is this so hard?
Sheldon Cooper (Big Bang Theory) and his "relationship contract" is not such a terrible idea after all.
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It is hard because even when they agree and claim to know they later rewrite the rules or assume you will change the way they want you to change. When you don't bend later to their will then comes the pressure, the guilt trips, the fights etc.
BTW, heard the LM219 the other day on a full LM WE replica horn system (complete with field coil drivers). Awesome sound!
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reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
of an old saying.
Women marry an imperfect man hoping he will change -
Men marry a perfect woman hoping she'll never change -
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
but which sex blushes more when wrong?
heh.
roger wang
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