I am quite surprised how my wife is becoming an audiophile little by little. Until not that long she was happy with computer desktop crappy speakers and now every time I get home...my nice stereo is sounding to the point that she enjoys it more than me!!!!
I wonder if this new situation will make my next purchase justifiable...:)
My wife never touches my system; (well maybe once or twice a year). She basically ignores it although the other day she said, "something new?" I said, "no it was in the shop" She suprised me by complimenting the looks of it (a Joule preamp). But my wife is not a music lover like me; she's a music "liker" and would never try to figure out how to play my system. Music for her is only a car-radio-kind-of- pleasure.
No. I think she's intimidated by all the tubes. But the funny thing is, functionally it's really pretty simple. A selector, a volume knob, and a CD player. That shouldn't be an issue, but she stays clear.
I am single and live alone, so i don't have any of this problems,I guess we all have different pro and cons in life, I enjoy to be alone and quite listen to an LP anytime I want with no interruptions. Just me.
my wife has no interest in it. It's a good thing too, because if she tried she would quickly become frustrated and irate, and blame me for how hard it is to make it work. Also, I would be hovering over her every move and become irate when she doesn't do it exactly right.
you see, both of us are a little tightly wound . . .
My wife was an LP Disc Jockey back in the day then became a Promotions Director. While she doesn't use those old school turntable back cueing methods she very good at muting and general LP care.
She also came with a substantial LP collection including a great deal of promotional copy and original British and German versions.
My wife uses my system as she had her own in college way back when. It helps me out. She doesn't freak out when I spend good money on a cable. Instead she listens and enjoys. Shes also responsible for turning me onto half the music I love. She told me last weekend I could buy an Ayre AX7e if I hang another towel bar in the bathroom. Clearly a non toucher would never throw something like that out there.
Well, yes and no. Up until I caught her using a pair of pliers on the plastic covered binding posts on my newly rebuilt Son Of Ampzilla, she felt quite competent. Since then, she just dusts.
Only the bedroom and family system on rare occasion. The primary system in the basement never never. Have tried to show her how to work all the systems as that would lead to her enjoyment and safer for the gear. Surprisingly my college age kids not only don't touch it, but seem to have no interest in using them at all. Content to use their ipods, phones and computers. I hope they grow into hi end audio or they can bury me surrounded my gear :]
I made a set of instructions she must follow in order to turn the system on, play CD's, then to turn it back off properly. She used to play CD's, but hasn't played it in close to a year now. She's content with the music channels on the boob tube while she does her various hobbies.
Touch? no,no nooooooooooo...BUT...I put together her own system in her sewing/project room.Some older Clements floorstanders,a Nakamichi cd player and some rugged Sony jet trash integrated left over from an estate sale buy.She has the run of the cd's and will grab just about anything.Nice to walk in and hear her playing Sonny Rollins,Tubby Hayes,Art Pepper,Louis,Bix,Prez,Bird or Billie Holiday.I have to say sometimes she is playing better music than i am.The sun is shining,the music is flowing and the sewing is groovin' high.
Of course. She uses both the turntable and PC music server all the time, including both the main system and the whole house system. She is also instrumental in selecting new equipment. Without her involvement I could not justify spending as much as I have on my systems. The big thing is whether a spouse really enjoys the music. If so, they should learn to use the system. If not, they will probably ignore it.
Elizabeth, are you saying wives are supposed to have those skills? Wow, I was told my wife is a wife, but if those are the requirements, I was really lied to!
No, it is all too much at this stage...but she lends me her ears to keep the music real! I married her in the '70s for her Frazer "Black Box 1"s, Elac tt, SCA-35, and FM3 which she could operate :-)
Csontos-no, not really. The level of intelligence and common sense (these are mutually exclusive), along with being a great mom with terrific communication & computer technology abilities are way more important than those generic spousal skills listed by Elizabeth. I'm a very fortunate audio husband willing/able to share my audio/music experiences with my wife.
Over 25 years ago my wife destroyed an ARC SP8 preamp and 2 D115 amps. Back in those days we prayed when we turned ARC equipment on or off and the sequence was very important. So my wife since then will not touch my (audio) equipment. I do not care either way. Its only stuff.
Hey Mt10425, willing is one thing, responding is another. Granted, chores get done. By me, the maid, or my wife. But who takes care of the other stuff Liz mentioned? Just ribbin ya. I'm sure she does. However, I think I would value my wife's mutual enthusiasm for audio more than my gear itself. Oh well.
My wife never touches the system in my listening room. In fact she rarely walks in the room. There are other ways to listen to music in the house which she enjoys. As for household chores, I do more than she does. But she pays more of the bills so I don't mind.
My wife rarely makes it down to my dedicated music room and doesn't care to learn about how to operate it which just fine with me. I would only let her play CDs if she did. I am however teaching my 14 year daughter to work the gear. She is interested and has been to audio stores with me. She also recently came home with her own purchased vinyl. I was so proud. She said store person said to her "you do know you have to have a record player for these?". She just chucked at him knowing her and daddy have a serious rig at home. It' also nice sometimes to have a flesh and blood remote control.
Sure. She sometimes calls me in to "fix" why there's no sound, but there are times when it takes me 5 minutes to figure it out. Most systems are left permanently on which eliminates the majority of problems.
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