Can you help or do I have to get divorced?

In that case, try a nice pair of Proac Response 2S. Make sure they're on stands, and out a couple feet from room boundaries.

Tommyt, you have to draw a line in the sand. You said it yourself, you're trying to be to nice. When you give in on this issue, there will be another that you will need to cave in on next. Women are like children, always testing boundaries. Whether the woman or the man rules the roost, is up to the participants.
I'm not a marriage counselor, obviously, but if I were a real audiophile (which I am) and my wife told me no speaker stands or floorstanding models, I'd have to stuff her port.
I gave up drugs, alcohol, smoking, and sex for my wife, I'll be d@mned if I give up the only thing I have left that gives me pleasure.
My recommendation would be divorce, cut your losses before they get bigger. Hopefully there are no children involved yet.

This thread started 4 years ago. I think it's a mute point at this time.

john1in2, boy does that sound like the same old song.

Two reasons why most marriages end in divorce:

1) The woman goes into the marriage believing she can change the man.

2) The man goes into the marraige believing the woman will not change.