This is pretty funny and probably true for most of us



"MY BIGGEST FEAR IS WHEN I DIE MY WIFE WILL SELL MY HI-FI SYSTEM...

...FOR WHAT I TOLD HER IT COST. "  :-)
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All of the above married girls too young. when you were 20 get a 30 year old. gone by now along with your hearing. then get some arm candy with all your dough. case closed.  
This is hilarious!  But on the female side, my daughter has been told to look up the cost of my system if anything happens to me.  To my husband's credit, I think he might continue to enjoy the system if I die before him.  He doesn't know the exact prices I paid, but he appreciates the quality of what he hears.  Only thing is, I'd better leave instructions how to use everything (though I think my oldest son could help him figure it out).
Put everything in a spreadsheet and give it to your attorney or accountant. No will, shame on you. Best $500-$1,000 you will spend, other than maybe a Nordost PC.

Funny thread.  I've seen a couple of funny things in this regard.  One time, when I visited a local store, I overheard an elderly gentleman talking with the store owner about making a fake invoice for the purchase.  I proceeded past the pair into a listening room where an elderly woman was listening to the music.  We struck up a conversation and she informed me that, at this moment, her husband was trying to get a fake invoice that he planned to present to her.  She said that explained that her husband feels guilty about buying expensive gear so she plays dumb because he worked so hard all his life and she wants him to indulge in his hobby.

I know another couple whose husband has a top end Naim system.  What he particularly likes about the Naim gear is that from bottom to top of the line, the stuff looks the same.  As he "replaced" gear moving up the line, his wife would have no idea as long as he moved into the system when she was not at home.

Life can play cruel tricks on us. For many of us, by the time we die the system may actually be worth what we told our wives it cost. Perhaps worse than this is my wife -and her new boyfriend- listening to my dam system that took me years to perfect.