My vote is for a basement Man Cave. I have had mine since 1994, and it works great. I put all my old gear in the den, so nobody feels bad that I won't show them how to operate my big rig. I can crank it without disturbing people upstairs, and I get everything in black, so new gear doesn't call attention to itself. No WAF issues whatsoever. Plus, if I do get any grief, I just pull up some of her recent credit card bills, and that's the end of that.
Wife trouble
Bought Def. Tech. 8040 Towers for living room for my first dive into audio world. Because I love music, I really enjoy the sound over TV. My wife fell in love with a huge console that spans the length of LR wall and so towers will not work. 8040's are bipolar and need space to breath. What to do?