Why do women have a zillion shoes???? When I go rummaging thru her shoe selection I hear the "Oh those don't fit right" or the " I don't have anything to 'go' with those"
My "allotted" space is a little over one square foot......She doesn't seem to mind the 'altitude' of said speakers. "It's to get the speakers up to 'ear level'"*****that's my refrain...& it seems to work......so far. I suppose I could stretch it out to two square feet, but that's about it.
Turning it up to drive "them" out seems to have the opposite effect in our household as she was "raised" on the likes of Iron Maiden.
_____________________________________________________Rick.........
My "allotted" space is a little over one square foot......She doesn't seem to mind the 'altitude' of said speakers. "It's to get the speakers up to 'ear level'"*****that's my refrain...& it seems to work......so far. I suppose I could stretch it out to two square feet, but that's about it.
Turning it up to drive "them" out seems to have the opposite effect in our household as she was "raised" on the likes of Iron Maiden.
_____________________________________________________Rick.........
My wife's solution was to make sure I had a room of my own as soon as we started our lives together.. 
There is no stereo equipment anywhere else in the house, there is a boombox and both of our computers have powered speaker systems, mine of course is tube powered..
The room is not as small as it appears and there is quite a lot of stuff in here. The acoustics are surprisingly good, the best I've ever had including in a purpose built audio room. (This room was actually built with it in mind, but it is still a work in progress.)
There is no stereo equipment anywhere else in the house, there is a boombox and both of our computers have powered speaker systems, mine of course is tube powered..
The room is not as small as it appears and there is quite a lot of stuff in here. The acoustics are surprisingly good, the best I've ever had including in a purpose built audio room. (This room was actually built with it in mind, but it is still a work in progress.)
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Kevin ur crazy ...but you know that ....
Tube powered pc speakers, What's on the top shelf left , Mesa boogie ..? and drum roll ....
Laptop opened to Diyaudio ...........
Top left shelf is a Mitsubishi DA-F10 FM stereo tuner, next to it is a McIntosh MR-71 tubed stereo tuner..
When are you moving George?
We plan to be near your village at the 2'nd half of June (from 19'th to 26)
women can have a house full of furniture no one uses but if you build a 3 feet speaker it´s too big ...
In that case, it's probably more about a control issue she has rather than your loudspeaker. Some women (and men) have neurotic control issues that express in strange ways like this.
Unfinished projects and parts laying around the house may be signs of control issue as well. Especially, when their owner keeps other things like tooth brush for example in proper order.
I just want one of those speakers that when you turn it up, it is powerful enough to rip the clothes off any woman. Being married with children and the thought of potential nakedness will definitely keep my wife out of the same room as my speakers then (it is somewhat true; after you are married, it all becomes cotton and flannel).
Unknown....I'm staying here as long as I still get a paycheck. I tell people that my retirement date is somewhere between 5 minutes and 5 years away. Of course I have been saying that for about 5 years. There seems to be a lull in the layoffs now, it is the calm before the storm, or is it the beginning of a long dry spell??????
Laptop opened to this thread on diyAudio.
Judging from the height of the window you are in the basement. I picked a bedroom adjacent to the garage. Why, because the wall between me and the garage has the clothes dryer outlet. There is 230 volts at 50 amps and in the 34 years I have been in the house I haven't had to tap into it yet. If I need more power today (wait till you see my next breadboard) I would run a piece of Romex out to the pool pump. Shutting off the dryer will cause spousal unrest, but the pool pump is a don't care for her now.
Despite what you see on TV, in our house Sherri OWNS the remote control and watches 90% of the sports seen in the house.
if i might chime in.
i have seen both sides of the coins here.
dad gave up most of his audio stuff because it couldn't be "put away".
i told him that he killed a little piece of his son the day he gave away his early 80's Polk monitors for some small Bose bookshelf's.
but, they have been married 33yrs and they are happy.
when i tease him about it he says "it makes your mother happy, who cares, i cant hear that well anyway".....then he will frown, look around to see if mom can hear look me dead in the eye and say "bite me ".
me on the other hand am very lucky, my wifes rules are.......
no more black
no taller than her. shes 5'8"ish
and not dangerous for the kids
the kids part is the hardest to plan for in our house. i cant get her to go allong with "they will only touch the heatsinks once".
i have seen both sides of the coins here.
dad gave up most of his audio stuff because it couldn't be "put away".
i told him that he killed a little piece of his son the day he gave away his early 80's Polk monitors for some small Bose bookshelf's.
but, they have been married 33yrs and they are happy.
when i tease him about it he says "it makes your mother happy, who cares, i cant hear that well anyway".....then he will frown, look around to see if mom can hear look me dead in the eye and say "bite me ".
me on the other hand am very lucky, my wifes rules are.......
no more black
no taller than her. shes 5'8"ish
and not dangerous for the kids
the kids part is the hardest to plan for in our house. i cant get her to go allong with "they will only touch the heatsinks once".
This one sentence definitely convinced me of what I already knew:
We humans, we are all the same.
Regardless of ideology, religion or something else,,,
My wife is a genius in so many ways. She's an expert coder, produces art that exhibits internationally, plays four different instruments, can cook/bake/preserve any imaginable food item, moderates three LinkedIn forums, teaches emergency medicine, and has a vocabulary that wastes mine. But there are things that totally baffle her:
1. Why do my satellite speakers weigh 70kg each?
2. Why do my subwoofers need to be the size of refrigerators?
3. Why does tube gear have to be so hideous?
4. Why does the SPL need to be above 70dB?
5. Why does the stereo need to be in the living room?
6. Why do I need to build yet another amplifier and set of speakers?
7. Why is Morgan Jones so mean to me, and why am I so mean to him?
1. Why do my satellite speakers weigh 70kg each?
2. Why do my subwoofers need to be the size of refrigerators?
3. Why does tube gear have to be so hideous?
4. Why does the SPL need to be above 70dB?
5. Why does the stereo need to be in the living room?
6. Why do I need to build yet another amplifier and set of speakers?
7. Why is Morgan Jones so mean to me, and why am I so mean to him?
It's enough to hear once to be spoiled forever. My wife can't stand stock Hi-fi or TV sound anymore.
You forgot the rest of the line.
Why do I need to build yet another amplifier and set of speakers if you can only listen to one set at a time?
It goes with why do you need 500 horsepower if the speed limit is 45. I usually point out that I have seen her speedometer on the high side of 80 more than she has seen mine.
No kids were ever allowed into my work room. The room was kept locked when I wasn't home. Even when my daughter was older she had no desire to come inside. There were scary things in there. There was a capacitor explosion when she was about 5 that left a lasting impression.....in her mind, and in the ceiling.
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