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WEL -- Wife Equivalent Language

All in the name of fun...

Let's agree, for sake of argument, that our hobby is 100% meritorious and therefore deserving of it's central role in our family spending patterns (both in terms of time and money)! Afterall, it's a gospel truth - we know it and can feel it deep in our hearts - hallelujha - that the world revolves around sound, and there is no sweeter sound than the one produced by our latest tweek.

Yet, try as we may to convince her, she just doesn't seem to get it. Communication is the key! Yes, it's the key to maintaining that healthy balance between our love for her and our love to hear (those sweet sounds that matter little to her ear). In this regard, I'd be interested in knowing what your favorite WEL buzz terms (and other WEL expressions) are when discussing all things audio with her. Here are some of my favorites:

Cables and interconnects - "wires and plugs"
Line conditioner (especially an expensive one) - "power box"
Electrostatic transducer - "sound radiator"

I'm still working on a WEL term that will explain the check I just wrote for my new DAC...
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Esoxhntr, I love your series of WEL questions and your interpretation of their hidden meanings!

I'm laughing about: "Didn't you just get one of those?"

I can hear those words ringing in my ears. Watch out when you buy one amp and then decide a month later that you like it so much that you NEED another one to run them monoblock bridged! I just did this with a pair of Bel Canto EVo200.2 digital amps. What about 7 Bryston 7B-ST's for an HT rig? Believe it or not, it's been done (not by me... I value my life too much).
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George, I can feel your pain. For Mother's Day, I had to buy her the latest Celine Doin CD! It reminded me of the first time I had to buy tampons for her! "Oh no, it's not for me... I don't listen to this..."

In fact, I'm always teasing her about her musical taste which ventures all the way from from solo famale vocalists to... WEL, solo female vocalists. And speaking of Celine, I do love that song from Titanic, especially when she goes into the extended "Neeeeeeeeeear, Faaaaaaaaaar" bit. It reminds me of Grover from Sesame Street when he schuffles up to the front of the screen and says, "Neeeeeeeeeeeeear" and then schuffles to the back, almost out of sight of the camera, and says, Faaaaaaaaaaaaaar" She even laughs about it now!
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Thanks for the warning, Tim. I'll encourage her to use our Creek OBH-11 SE / Sennheiser HD 600 headphone set-up when she's on the computer, and never through the computer's CD drive. This combo is quite nifty BTW, and she seems to enjoy it because of it's ease of use.

Thanks also to Bbtuna. I know what you're saying is serious and is definitely good advice... for sake of clarity, I really am quite supportive of her musical interests, and she often is of mine. I've gone through the same phases as you've described, from heavy rock to classic rock to a preference for blues/jazz (mostly), but with all sorts of other stuff mixed in here and there. On occasion, I go the headphone route myself when I know it's about to get on her nerves. She actually likes Hendrix, Marley, and Lennon (in small doses), and I'm getting her hooked on Sarah Vaughn (my favorite solo female vocalist) so it's not as bad as I've led you to believe.
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