Does Your SO Dig Your Hobby?

[Falstaff]

First thing my wife said when I played her my current setup is, "we have to have a party". She loves the sound quality, but like many, not the gear and rolls her eyes at my 1500+ lps.

 

[gmann77]

The wife enjoys the music, including some of the obscure rock and R&B stuff that I routinely put on the TT. She occasionally allows me to indulge my interest in Krautrock while she's within earshot, so I'd say that makes her a keeper. :yes: She doesn't seem that interested in the gear. Than again, I'm not much of a techie, either, so I suppose we fit together.

 

[hi*ball]

My wife likes to sit and listen, especially when cocktails are involved. BUT she is always confused by the fact that I look to improve the system in any way. "It sounds good already!" she always says. "But don't you notice the difference with this cartridge?" I ask her. "Did you notice how I moved the speakers?" It is funny at times. But good.

I've always had records. Until I made a bad decision. I started DJing with my dad when I was 12, then with a friend when I was 17, then gave it up by 25. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of selling off all of my vinyl back about 12 years ago (I'm 41 now).

Flash forward about 4 years ago, I started putting together a system and buying records once again. I was amazed at how much more expensive the records that I had sold a few years back cost to basically repurchase!

Now there are quite a few records in the house, and I've needed to buy more Ikea storage units to house them. So far my wife has been great about it! And we really do enjoy sitting back and listening to some Jazz or REM together. (I'm OK until the Bob Dylan albums come out)

 

[SAFETYDAWG]

When I met my wife back in 1985, she was heavy into disco and had never heard a high-end system. In 2001 she bought me my Focals as a birthday gift.

Now she is into a lot of my old classic rock and blues, and I will often play Prince or the soundtrack from Saturday Night Fever during our listening sessions. She won't admit it often, but listening to crappy little systems really annoys her and despite it all, she recently admitted that she has developed into a "golden eared snob". From the Cream 2005 reunion tour through some classical and Sarah Brightman and all points in between, music is now at the heart of our relationship. She just leaves the equipment and technicalities up to me, including designing our living rooms around the system placement. Choice of music should be mutual. And then there is our common passion for the Moody Blues, which is a subject for another thread.

 

[Axe Elf]

When I met my wife back in 1985, she was heavy into disco and had never heard a high-end system. In 2001 she bought me my Focals as a birthday gift.

Now she is into a lot of my old classic rock and blues, and I will often play Prince or the soundtrack from Saturday Night Fever during our listening sessions. She won't admit it often, but listening to crappy little systems really annoys her and despite it all, she recently admitted that she has developed into a "golden eared snob". From the Cream 2005 reunion tour through some classical and Sarah Brightman and all points in between, music is now at the heart of our relationship. She just leaves the equipment and technicalities up to me, including designing our living rooms around the system placement. Choice of music should be mutual. And then there is our common passion for the Moody Blues, which is a subject for another thread.

You're a lucky man, and you should receive your due props for converting a disco queen.

 

[SAFETYDAWG]

There is some trade-off my friend. She has gotten me totally into "Dancing With the Stars" and I actually know what I am watching the contestants do!