whatjd, no fault of yours. No accounting for what women will do. I have two wonderful daughters and a sexy, smart wife. Women do not like loud music and you just can't teach them how to downshift.
I paid my way through medical school by installing systems in the houses of very wealthy people. Not one of them was an audiophile and convenience was always an issue. Some of them just wanted to impress their friends. All this was before CDs when high end cassette players ruled. I only once installed a manual turntable. The trick is to understand what your client wants and not to give them what you want. None of these people heard my own system. My reputation for extremely neat workmanship in difficult custom situations was what gave me business. I once put a system in an antique armoire worth $25,000 according to the owner. There is so much excellent equipment available today coming up with a great system would be relatively easy. Very few people would be interested in turntables. Most would be streamers all the way and forget about tubes. 99% of the people out there just want to flip a switch and listen to music. They do not want to mess around with anything. That may be the definition of an audiophile right there, a music lover who wants to screw around with his system.
I paid my way through medical school by installing systems in the houses of very wealthy people. Not one of them was an audiophile and convenience was always an issue. Some of them just wanted to impress their friends. All this was before CDs when high end cassette players ruled. I only once installed a manual turntable. The trick is to understand what your client wants and not to give them what you want. None of these people heard my own system. My reputation for extremely neat workmanship in difficult custom situations was what gave me business. I once put a system in an antique armoire worth $25,000 according to the owner. There is so much excellent equipment available today coming up with a great system would be relatively easy. Very few people would be interested in turntables. Most would be streamers all the way and forget about tubes. 99% of the people out there just want to flip a switch and listen to music. They do not want to mess around with anything. That may be the definition of an audiophile right there, a music lover who wants to screw around with his system.